{"id":57118,"date":"2023-06-24T01:50:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T05:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=57118"},"modified":"2023-06-08T21:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T01:30:38","slug":"the-temples-at-claros-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2023\/06\/24\/the-temples-at-claros-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"The Temples at Claros&#8211; Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134435.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57120\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134435.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"614\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the unique features of this site is that it has two adytons, the below ground chamber under the platform of the temple where the prophet received inspiration after drinking some of the river water.\u00a0 \u00a0When I was there the chambers were filled with water, and the only living things in them were frogs.\u00a0 \u00a0Here\u2019s a picture\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134837-2.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57122\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134837-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134823-1.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57124\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134823-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another unique feature is the sundial that was found there which has been removed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134529-1.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57126\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134529-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the likely spot where the sundial was placed\u2026..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_135636.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57128\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_135636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134131-1.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57130\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_134131-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To give you a sense of perspective on the site, here\u2019s the diagram and description of it.\u00a0 The Temple of Apollo is central and dominant the temple of Artemis much smaller and at the back of the site, but this is perhaps because this was only a stop over for pilgrims who were going to nearby Ephesos to worship at the temple of Artemis. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_135618.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57132\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_135618.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"545\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_135623.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57134\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/thumbnail_20230605_135623.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The central square on the schematic is the temple of Apollo, and the little one that looks like a pile of bricks beside it is the small temple of Artemis.<\/p>\n<p>But there is an even more interesting feature at this site\u2013 the 3, 25 feet high, statues of Leto, Artemis, and Apollo, which we will attend to in the next post.\u00a0 This is the only Greco-Roman site where such statues are still in situ.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the unique features of this site is that it has two adytons, the below ground chamber under the platform of the temple where the prophet received inspiration after drinking some of the river water.\u00a0 \u00a0When I was there the chambers were filled with water, and the only living things in them were frogs.\u00a0 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