{"id":4728,"date":"2017-03-13T16:22:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/?p=4728"},"modified":"2017-03-13T16:22:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T16:22:24","slug":"sanctuary-of-demeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/cities\/pergamon\/sanctuary-of-demeter\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctuary of Demeter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sanctuary of Demeter<\/strong> occupies a vast rectangular terrace (100 x 50 meters)<\/strong>, and is a construction dating from the Hellenistic Age<\/strong>, with reworkings during the Roman Age<\/strong>.
\nThe entrance is on the southeast side<\/strong>, near a fountain and a sacrificial pit<\/strong>, used to collect the blood of the victims.<\/p>\n

Surrounded by porticoes<\/strong> on three sides, the temenos<\/strong> has, on the side opposite the entrance, the temple dedicated to the goddess<\/strong>, originally in antis, of the Ionic order<\/strong> and later transformed into a Corinthian prostyle<\/strong>, distyle temple for Demeter<\/strong>, and Kore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This change, made by Claudius Silanus Aesimus<\/strong>, a member of a large family of Palmyrene notable<\/strong>s under Antoninus Pius<\/strong>, corresponds to a new, renewed interest, characteristic of the age, in the mystery cults that promised resurrection after death.
\nIn front of the temple stand the large main altar<\/strong> and four smaller altars.
\nBut the main interest and particularity of this sanctuary<\/strong> lies in the presence, to the northeast, of a theatron of ten tiers<\/strong> created to seat around 800 persons<\/strong>, enabling them to watch the ceremonies<\/strong> from a position separate from the crowd. This is the only religious building of such a large size in this quarter.
\nThe other three temples<\/strong> \u2013 of Hera<\/strong> Bas\u00edleia<\/strong>, Asklepios<\/strong> (both from the Attalid period), and Hermes and Heracles<\/strong>, the gods of the gymnasium \u2013 date from the Roman Age<\/strong> and were open to the imperial cult, and are much smaller.
\nThe second architectural nucleus of the intermediate city consists of an impressive gymnasium<\/strong> occupying three successive terraces. The upper terrace<\/strong> consists of a vast square surrounded by porticoes, built first of andesite and then redone in marble during the Roman Age<\/strong>, and used for gym exercises<\/strong> and ceremonies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Photo credits by Carole Raddato<\/a> under CC-BY-SA-2.0<\/p>\n

The center of the north side is occupied by an ephebeion<\/strong>, a place used for the physical exercise of youths, and an akroaterion<\/strong>, a small semicircular, stageless theatre used for the education of youths and therefore for conferences<\/strong>, concerts<\/strong>, etc.<\/p>\n

The inscriptions found there bear witness to the presence of conference-goers who came to speak on various subjects, of doctors evidently connected with the presence of the Asklepieion<\/strong>, of philosophers, rectors, poets, and astronomers.<\/p>\n

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