Aphrodisias Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Ancient Greek Hellenistic city in Geyre, Aydın, Turkey
About Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias (Ἀφροδισιάς) was a settlement in Caria near a marble quarry. This marble was worked into fine sculpture (other quarries usually shipped out rough blocks to be carved nearer their customers) and erected as monuments to the local fertility goddess. During the Hellenistic period (4th to 1st century BC), this deity became one and the same as Aphrodite or Venus. Her early depictions were of a vast-hipped and sometimes multi-breasted earth mother, but by the time the town sculptors set to work she was more like a matronly civic protector, soberly garbed. She's not an erotic figure, unlike the luscious Aphrodite of Knidos carved atDatçain 364 BC. However she was sprightly enough to ride the sea-goat that we call Capricorn, according to details on her tunic shown in the museum. The tow
Where to Stay in Aphrodisias
- 🏨Anatolia Hotel
- 🏨Elmas Pansiyon
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