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Around the first century BC, Aphrodisias was a very popular Roman cultural center, with a large temple of Aphrodite. Today you’ll find a beautifully-preserved ruins, where kids can get a first-hand look at a Roman city. |
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Run around the large theater (where gladiator games were staged), agora (market and public meeting place), what’s left of the temple of Aphrodite (it was re-used as a Christian church), baths of Hadrian (hot and cold, and steam rooms), and the Tetrapylon (ornamental gate). |
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In the museum, which has the original sculptures and reliefs from the site, look for an exquisite Bellerophon with Pegasus relief and a chunky Aphrodite dressed in a heavy tunic, decorated with gods and goddesses. |
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Outdoors in near the Bouleuterion (Odeion), there’s two portrait statues of Tatiana, a very elegant Roman lady dressed in a gauzy gown, and her uncle Domiteinos, a well-turned out guy with curly hair, as well as a variety of faces carved in relief around the ruins. |
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Stadium – Kids will want to sit down on the stone “bleachers” in the huge stadium; it looks so modern. At the stadium there would have been athletic competitions, as well as music and drama events. |
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