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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Didyma Turkey >> Apollo Temple > Didyma 2007 4405.jpg
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12-MAR-2007

Didyma 2007 4405.jpg

This is one side of a large block with decoration on several sides that now stands near the ticket office. A pdf describing Didyma has “Anta Capital of the Apollo Temple. On the immediate left hand of the landing the capital of the north-eastern anta of the Apollo Temple is presented which dates from the first half of the 2nd century BC. All three sides of the capital display a tendril woman with polos and wide-spread wings.” I then found in a Wikipedia article that speaks of a “Snake-Legged Goddess, often crafted by Greek artisans for the Scythian market, most of them depicting her as a goddess with snake-shaped legs or tendrils as legs”.
For years I did not know what it was, my thanks to people who thought along.

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Sorita 20-Jul-2017 07:59
At Didyma the goddess Hekate was worshipped as Angelos (Angel / Messenger) and depicted with wings...
Srenna 23-Dec-2010 10:49
I also think this is Nike. And I would guess that this block was once meant to be a corinthian capital from the acanthus sprouts substituting for her legs?
Philip 12-Jun-2007 19:07
ݴm not sure myself, but think it is of Nike