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Aizanoi Roman temple |
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 Kind
of chalices upside down |
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 Intrigueing
leaf motive |
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MotherGoddess of Aizanoi,
generally considered to be Kybele |
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 Kybele
with leaf motive. Later this became the motive of the Green Men, symbolising his
commitment to the "cycle of birth and death" |
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Space under the temple.
Sanctuary ("Womb") of Kybele. Under Christianity these spaces became church
crypts |
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Nekropolis |
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Faces of the dead decorated with guirlandes. |
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 Young boy
(Dionysos?) symbol of rebirth. People thus identified with the ancient "dying and
resurrecting" God i.e. the Green Man. This symbolism is abundantly present in every
Roman nekropolis |
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 Ruins
of the bath house with temple |
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 Stadion
and theatre |
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Mosaic of Maenad and Satyr,
emphasizing the importance of the Dionysian cult |
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