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Pergamon Acropolis: view northwards. The Hellenistic theatre and Byzantine tower, right. |
For a description of the Hellenistic theatre, see the previous page.
Above the theatre stand the white marble ruins of
the Temple of Trajan, built on an enormous terrace
supported by a row of arched tunnels. |
Remains of the royal box
of the theatre. |
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Marble relief of a dancing
maenad, a female celebrant
of the festivals of Dionysus.
From Pergamon. Hellenistic,
late 3rd century BC.
Istanbul Archaeological
Museum. Inv. No. 764 T.
Cat. Mendel 575. |
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The Byzantine tower
above the theatre. |
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The top of the Theatre, the reconstructed marble columns and architrave of
the Temple of Trajan and the arched tunnels of the terrace on which it stands. |
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