05:00
Hotel pick up in Istanbul
05:30 Arrival airport for fly from Istanbul to
Izmir
06:30 Fly From Istanbul to Izmir
07:30 Arrival in Izmir Airport and Transfer to
Priene Miletos Didyma
08:30 Arrival in Selcuk
08:30 to 09:30 Resting
09:30 Depart for Priene Miletos Didyma Day Trip
What to See in Priene Miletos DidymaDay Trip
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Priene Ancient City
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Miletos Ancient City
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Didyma Ancient City
Priene Miletos Didyma Day
Trip
Description
Miletus in the Bible
Paul visited Miletus for a day or two as he waited for
his messengers to return with the Ephesian elders (Acts
20:15). When they arrived, he gave them a message of
warning, his only recorded sermon given exclusively to
believers (vv. 18-38). Apparently after his release from
imprisonment in Rome, Paul visited Miletus, as he notes
leaving Trophimus in the city (2 Tim 4:20). The
photograph at left depicts the agora of Miletus.
Roman Bathhouse
Archaeological work has been done mostly by German
teams. In 1899, excavations began by the Berlin Museum.
Professor Wiener of the German Institute of Archaeology
is supervising the most recent excavation and
restoration work. Like all Roman bathhouses, this
bathhouse had an apodyterium (dressing room), a
frigidarium (cold room), a tepidarium (warm room), and a
caldarium (hot/steam room). Here there was also a
broiler room and exercise area; statues of Greek gods
were located in the halls.
Didyma
Temple of Apollo
Didyma, located in the southwest part of modern Turkey,
was an important religious site of ancient Ionia. It was
home to a large temple dedicated to Apollo, called the
Didymaion. Pausanias (Greek traveler, ca. 160 A.D.)
explained that the Didymaion was constructed before
Greek colonization (10th century B.C.), and many believe
it actually dates to the 2nd millennium B.C. However,
the earliest level of the temple found thus far dates to
the end of the 8th century B.C., and the colonnade of
the temple was erected a century later.
The Sacred Way
“Didyma,” meaning “twin,” referred to Apollo and
Artemis, a Greek god and goddess who were twins.
Artemis’ temple was in Miletus, while Apollo’s was here.
The proximity of the temples is still apparent today,
since there are remains of a “Sacred Way” connecting the
two. Flagstones visible on the road only date to the
time of Emperor Trajan in 101 A.D., but he probably
placed them directly atop an earlier road in the same
location.
16:00
End of the Priene Miletos Didyma Day
Trip
16:00 - 18:00 Rest in Selcuk
18:00 Depart from Selcuk to Izmir Airport
19:00 Arrival in Izmir Airport for Fly from Izmir
to Istanbul
20:00 Fly From Izmir to Istanbul |
