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28 Historical Review as a sacrifice to the sun god – Sol (Fig. 29). The medallion was probably intended
for private use while a similar, larger scene, unpreserved, was apparently drawn
Fig. 29 on the internal wall. A statue of the Ephesian Artemis, with multiple breasts,
Marble medallion depicting discovered in excavations in the Roman theater (Fig. 30), likely indicates that
the Persian god Mithras a rite was also dedicated to her in Caesarea, perhaps being a gift from the
stabbing his dagger into municipal council of Ephesus to the city of Caesarea.
the neck of a bull, which In the sacellum under the platform for the dignitaries in the stadium – the
symbolizes the forces of evil shrine for the athletes, chariot drivers, fighters in the wild beast spectacles, and
the gladiators – a rite was dedicated to Kore, the goddess who descended to the
netherworld and arose from it every six months, alternately.
Fig. 30
A headless, armless statue
depicting the goddess
Artemis of Ephesus
