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November 9, 2009

Barbara Burrell
AIA Lecture Series

Marble and Messages at Ephesos

7:30 pm
214 Miller Student Learning Center

This lecture will focus on a particular crossroads in Ephesos, which over three centuries developed into a focal point for architectural, sculptural, and oratorical display. From the late Republican/early Augustan period, its buildings were adorned not just with architectural ornament and statues but with inscriptions—unusually, both in Greek and Latin—appealing to a wide range of residents and travelers, from freed slaves to elite citizens of the city to Roman governors and even emperors. Influenced by these dedications, further patrons built their own monuments on this spot, which eventually became the intersection of Hellenic and Roman culture, both written and embodied in the statues and buildings themselves.