{"id":57803,"date":"2023-07-27T01:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T05:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=57803"},"modified":"2023-06-29T08:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T12:28:54","slug":"heads-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2023\/07\/27\/heads-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Heads Up"},"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>It is indeed very surprising that considering what a major tourist attraction Ephesus is, with cruise boat loads of people showing up again and again, that there is not a major archaeological museum on or near the site.\u00a0 There is a small one, but it is so small they\u2019ve had to leave many of the artifacts outside, or in the courtyard.\u00a0 Fortunately now there is the new Izmir Museum to pick up some of the slack.\u00a0 \u00a0Below you will see some of the busts of famous heads found in or near Ephesus.\u00a0 But first, the model of the temple of Artemis\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_124116.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57806\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_124116.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_124122.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57809\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_124122.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notice the opening in the ro0f about two thirds of the way back, so the sun could shine on the statue of Artemis.<\/p>\n<p>If you wondered what an ancient Greek philosopher looked like, this bust below gives you a good idea of a Socrates or a Plato\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123215.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57812\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123215.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marcus Aurelius was the most learned of emperors, a sort of philosopher wanna-be, and here is his bust modelling himself on the philosophers<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123119.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57815\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123119.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below is an actual bust of Socrates<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123142.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57818\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123142.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once the imperial cult got going,\u00a0 some emperors modelled themselves on the statues of the gods, for example Zeus as seen below<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123113.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57821\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123113.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are two interesting smaller busts of a priest and a priestess.\u00a0 Notice the cap or head covering on the priest and the hair in a bun on the priestess.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123053.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57824\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123053.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Children are not often subjects for busts unless they are from elite family and die young.\u00a0 \u00a0Here\u2019s one at the top of this picture\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2023\/06\/20230606_123346.jpeg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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