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The Memmius Monument and the Hydreion between Domitian Square and the top of Kuretes Street. |
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Memmius Monument and the Hydreion
The Memmius Monument stands on the north side of Domitian Square, to the right at the junction with the top of Kuretes Street. It was built 50-30 BC in honour of Gaius Memmius, a grandson of the Roman dictator Sulla. The monument is thought to have been a two-storey tower-like structure with a conical roof.
The monument was decorated with reliefs of figures which perhaps represented the virtues of Memmius, as in the case of the statues on the facade of the Library of Celsus. According to another theory, the figures may represent members of Memmius' family: Memmius, his father and Sulla.
Since the original appearance of the monument is not known, the reconstruction on display at the site is more artistically creative than historically accurate, and has been described as a "Cubistic modern architectural collage".
The Hydreion was a fountain added to the north side of the Memmius Monument around 200 AD, using building materials from an earlier monument thought to have stood here. An inscription identifies T. Flavius Meander as having financed its construction. Two basins were housed in a semi-circular niche fronted by a three-arched facade which was supported by four Corinthian columns and flanked by statues. During late antiquity statues of the Tetrachs were set up in front of the fountain. |
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Relief of a male figure on the Memmius Monument. |
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The reconstructed Memmius Monument on the north side of Domitian Square. |
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The west side of the Memmius Monument, with the columns of Hydreion to the left. |
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The front of the Hydreion from the top of Kuretes Street. |
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Reliefs of two male figures on the Memmius Monument. |
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Relief of a male figure on the south side of the Memmius Monument. |
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Additional photos: © Konstanze Gundudis
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Some of the information and photos in this guide to Ephesus
originally appeared in 2004 on davidjohnberlin.de. |
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