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💤 A Relaxing Rainy Story 💤 The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus _ Bedtime Story for Grown Ups · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Good evening and welcome to Get Sleepy. Where we listen,
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  Speaker 1: we relax, and we get sleepy. My name's Thomas and
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host. Thanks so much for joining me as
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  Speaker 1: we conclude our captivating series exploring the Seven Wonders of
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  Speaker 1: the ancient world. It has been a joy to record
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  Speaker 1: all of these imaginative stories for you, and I want
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  Speaker 1: to say a big thank you to Joe Steer for
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  Speaker 1: writing them. Don't worry if you've missed any of the
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  Speaker 1: other episodes. You can listen to this one now and
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  Speaker 1: return to the others at any time. Tonight, we're heading
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  Speaker 1: to a place called Ephesus, an ancient city in what
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  Speaker 1: is today Tekia. We'll travel back in time to the
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  Speaker 1: first century BCE, when the former Greek colony was in
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  Speaker 1: its classical Roman period. There we'll explore the Temple of Artemis,
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  Speaker 1: also known as the Temple of Diana. Let's take a
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  Speaker 1: moment to relax and prepare for sleep. Close your eyes
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  Speaker 1: if you haven't already, and get nice and cozy in bed.
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  Speaker 1: Adjust the pillows and blankets to your liking. This is
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  Speaker 1: a time for you to be comfortable, so let go
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  Speaker 1: of the day and allow yourself to rest. Next, take
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  Speaker 1: a deep, soothing breath inhaling through your nose and letting
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  Speaker 1: it out through the mouth one more time, in through
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  Speaker 1: the nose and out through the mouth. As you continue
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  Speaker 1: to breathe slowly and gently, see if you can bring
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  Speaker 1: your attention to the here and now to do so.
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  Speaker 1: Notice how your body feels as it rests on your bed,
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  Speaker 1: since the points of contact between you and your mattress,
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  Speaker 1: and enjoy the comforting feeling of your duvet or blanket
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  Speaker 1: cocooning you in this place of safety and peace. Then
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  Speaker 1: imagine for a moment that you are able to observe
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  Speaker 1: yourself resting in bed right now. Notice how you look
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  Speaker 1: from this observational perspective. Calm, cozy, peaceful, deeply relaxed. Perhaps,
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  Speaker 1: don't worry if you still need some time to get there,
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  Speaker 1: and if a few adjustments to your position or your
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  Speaker 1: pillows and covers are needed, you can take whatever time
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  Speaker 1: you need to settle down. Give yourself thanks for taking
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  Speaker 1: the time to be present. You deserve this moment of respite,
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  Speaker 1: for just being yourself each and every day. That is enough,
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  Speaker 1: and you are enough. Now let's turn our minds to
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  Speaker 1: ancient times and make our way to ephesis. This is
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  Speaker 1: where our story begins. Above you is a gorgeous blue sky,
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  Speaker 1: sapphire near the horizon and powder blue elsewhere. It's a
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  Speaker 1: clear day without a single cloud. The sun is an
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  Speaker 1: orb of golden yellow. You can feel the warmth of
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  Speaker 1: summer on your skin as you stand paused in a
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  Speaker 1: stone courtyard. The sunshine soaks through the fabric of your outfit.
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  Speaker 1: It wraps around you like a lovely, warm shawl. You
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  Speaker 1: are dressed in the fashions of ancient room, a loose
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  Speaker 1: fitting garment that's soft and comfortable. The material is thin
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  Speaker 1: and ivory in color, and it wafts in the breeze
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  Speaker 1: like a ship's sail. Your feet are tucked into tan
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  Speaker 1: leather sandals, laced together with chocolate colored thread as footwear goes.
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  Speaker 1: The sandals are well made and stylish. They are as
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  Speaker 1: snug as slippers and very secure. You can feel the
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  Speaker 1: breeze flowing between your toes, beneath the soles of your feet,
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  Speaker 1: and around the arches. You might imagine yourself bare foot
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  Speaker 1: if it weren't for the cushioning of the shoes. The
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  Speaker 1: air is ripe with the fragrances of fruit trees, pomegranate,
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  Speaker 1: perhaps with fig trees or mulberry. The scents are a
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  Speaker 1: mix of sweet and spicy. Here in this coastal city,
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  Speaker 1: the salties the sea air drifts over from the shoreline.
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  Speaker 1: The Ionian sea is uniquely calming. It soothes the mind
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  Speaker 1: and invigorates the senses. You close your eyes and inhale deeply.
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  Speaker 1: There are few things as pleasant as a cool morning breeze,
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  Speaker 1: especially when you can also fill the warmth of sunshine
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  Speaker 1: on your skin. You're a wash in feelings of blissful
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  Speaker 1: relaxation as you take in the sights ahead of you.
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  Speaker 1: In the courtyard, you stand before an enormous building, a
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  Speaker 1: stunning Greek temple surrounded by columns. The building is topped
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  Speaker 1: with a triangular gabled roof with figures sculpted across its pediment.
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  Speaker 1: The Temple of Artemis is positioned atop a hill, accessible
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  Speaker 1: via steps that lead up from the courtyard. Its surface
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  Speaker 1: of white marble gleams bright in the sunlight, looking all
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  Speaker 1: the more pristine against the green lawns surrounding you. You've
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  Speaker 1: traveled back in time, nearly three thousand years to the
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  Speaker 1: ancient city of Ephesus. You're on the way eastern shores
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  Speaker 1: of what will later become Turkia, where the Ionian Sea
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  Speaker 1: lapse against the peninsula in twenty five BCE. When your
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  Speaker 1: visit takes place, Ephesus already has a rich and storied past.
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  Speaker 1: The city has flourished under many different rulers as a
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  Speaker 1: colony of Greece, Egypt, and now Rome. Ephesus is located
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  Speaker 1: in the region of Anatolia, sometimes referred to as Asia Minor.
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  Speaker 1: The Roman emperor Augustus named it the capital of the
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  Speaker 1: region when he came to power two years ago as
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  Speaker 1: the successor to the famed Julius Caesar. It's thought that
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  Speaker 1: people have lived in what later became Ephesus from as
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  Speaker 1: far back as six thousand BCE. The city itself was
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  Speaker 1: founded sometime around the tenth century BCE, as the Greeks
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  Speaker 1: migrated across the European continent. There are different tales of
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  Speaker 1: how the city came to be, including one about a
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  Speaker 1: mythical prince. It said that Androcles was forced to leave
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  Speaker 1: his homeland after his father, the king, passed away. He
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  Speaker 1: sought the advice of the oracle a dell and asked
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  Speaker 1: the seer where he should build his new city. The
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  Speaker 1: oracle told the prince, a fish and boar will show
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  Speaker 1: you the way. He wasn't sure what she meant until
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  Speaker 1: he traveled eastwards to this very spot. One night, the
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  Speaker 1: prince was dining on grilled fish, sitting with his men
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  Speaker 1: by the warm campfire. A bush caught fire and a
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  Speaker 1: boar jumped out, and Androcles knew that he had found
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  Speaker 1: the site of his city. Another legend has it that
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  Speaker 1: the city was funded by the race of female warriors
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  Speaker 1: known as the Amazons. They came to Ephesus when they
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  Speaker 1: were in hiding from Hercules, the renowned hero and demi god.
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  Speaker 1: Some believe that it was the Amazon warriors who built
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  Speaker 1: the first version of the temple that stands before you.
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  Speaker 1: They dedicated it to the goddess Artemis, a deity who
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  Speaker 1: held particular significance for them. Artemis was the goddess of
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  Speaker 1: the hunt and archery, as well as nature, wildlife, healing,
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  Speaker 1: and childbirth. In many ways, she embodied the spirit of
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  Speaker 1: the Amazons, their strength and independence, and their sense of freedom.
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  Speaker 1: This earlier version of the temple was destroyed sometime around
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  Speaker 1: seven hundred BCE. It was hidden beneath six meters of silt,
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  Speaker 1: sand and mud. When the area flooded, work began on
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  Speaker 1: a brand new temple under a Cretan architect named Cassiffron.
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  Speaker 1: It would pass hands many times over, taking more than
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  Speaker 1: a century to reach completion. It was finished around the
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  Speaker 1: year four hundred and forty BCE and was a grander
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  Speaker 1: version of the previous temple. It was bigger and taller,
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  Speaker 1: with more decorative sculpting, and it was the first temple
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  Speaker 1: in history to be made entirely of white marble. As
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  Speaker 1: a thriving Greek colony, which it was for some time,
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  Speaker 1: Ephesus was a hub of trade and culture. People traveled
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  Speaker 1: from Greece and beyond to see the Temple of Artemis,
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  Speaker 1: the city's star attraction. This version of the temple would
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  Speaker 1: stand for some time until three hundred fifty six b C,
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  Speaker 1: when it was destroyed by a fire. It said that
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  Speaker 1: it was burnt down by a man named Herostratus in
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  Speaker 1: the hopes that his name would live on through history.
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  Speaker 1: If the story is true, then Herostratus was correct. He
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  Speaker 1: achieved the notoriety he's so desperately sought. The term Herostratic
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  Speaker 1: fame will be used millennia later to describe notoriety gained
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  Speaker 1: through crime or misdeeds. But not everyone agrees with this
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  Speaker 1: version of events. Aristotle, for instance, claimed it was burnt
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  Speaker 1: down by lightning. Some claim that Herostratus was actually framed
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  Speaker 1: by officials who secretly wished to rebuild the temple. The
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  Speaker 1: building's destruction coincided with the birth of Alexander the Great,
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  Speaker 1: who would later conquer much of Asia. It said that
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  Speaker 1: Artemis wasn't there to defend her temple because she was
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  Speaker 1: overseeing his birth. In fact, it was in the third
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  Speaker 1: century BCE when Alexander the Great offered to pay for
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  Speaker 1: its rebuilding. The Ephicians declined with expert diplomacy, saying that
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  Speaker 1: it would be improper for one god to build a
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  Speaker 1: temple to another. It was the Ephicians themselves who would
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  Speaker 1: build it anew By the time you visit it in
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  Speaker 1: twenty five BCE, this third version of the temple has
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  Speaker 1: been standing for generations. This is the building that you
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  Speaker 1: see before you, larger and more magnificent than those that
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  Speaker 1: came before it. It's the epitome of all that the
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  Speaker 1: Greeks are known for, style, elegance, beauty, and sophistication. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: the building on the Hill ahead is what most people
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  Speaker 1: would imagine when picturing a Greek temple. The design is
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  Speaker 1: what's known as a perrypteros, a common style of temple
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  Speaker 1: in ancient Greece and now Rome. This style of temple
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  Speaker 1: includes an outer portico or porchway surrounding the building. The
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  Speaker 1: perimeter is lined with columns around the walls of an
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  Speaker 1: inner chamber known as the cellar. These white marble columns
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  Speaker 1: glow bright in the sunshine on all four sides of
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  Speaker 1: the massive temple. More are visible in a second inner
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  Speaker 1: row at the other side of a ceremonial passageway. It
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  Speaker 1: said that there are a total of one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven columns, including the double colonnade around the inner building.
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  Speaker 1: Each is fifteen meters tall and they are sculpted with
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  Speaker 1: an array of intricate designs. Looking now at the side
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  Speaker 1: of the building, you see colors moving behind the first row.
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  Speaker 1: They are the togas and tunics of men and women
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  Speaker 1: who wander slowly through the passageway. Much of Roman culture
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  Speaker 1: has been absorbed from ancient Greece, and there are many
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  Speaker 1: similarities between the two civilizations. The Romans, like the Greeks,
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  Speaker 1: appreciate fine architecture. Many Roman buildings are inspired by Greek designs. Similarly,
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  Speaker 1: the Romans are devoutly religious. People's lives revolve around the
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  Speaker 1: gods and goddesses. They visit the temple to pay homage
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  Speaker 1: to the goddess Artemis, bringing gifts to lay at the
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  Speaker 1: foot of her statue. You see one lady now in
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  Speaker 1: a lovely blue tunic. She's walking across the courtyard with
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  Speaker 1: flowers in her hand. The bright yellow blooms are the
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  Speaker 1: color of sunlight, and their stems are light green. Keen
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  Speaker 1: to explore the interior of the building, you set off walking,
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  Speaker 1: following the same path of the lady. Your footsteps echo
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  Speaker 1: across the stone courtyard. Birds warble all around, Some fly
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  Speaker 1: above you, while others swoop down towards the lawns, where
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  Speaker 1: trees and bushes have been planted in neat rows. You
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  Speaker 1: recognize the plumage of one bird, a white throated kingfisher,
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  Speaker 1: hopping in the grass. It is chocolate brown with white
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  Speaker 1: feathers at its throat, and its wings, back and tail
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  Speaker 1: are the most gorgeous shade of turquoise. The colors of
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  Speaker 1: its feathers are vivid in the sunlight, like the leaves
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  Speaker 1: of the pointed cypress trees. Near By Cypress trees have
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  Speaker 1: long since been considered sacred. They're associated with Artemis and Diana,
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  Speaker 1: her Roman equivalent. The scent of the trees is fresh
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  Speaker 1: and aromatic, similar to that of fair or pine. You
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  Speaker 1: breathe in the fragrance while looking out into the distance
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  Speaker 1: where the rugged mountains rise far above the temple. There's
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  Speaker 1: something about the temple that provokes admiration, and it isn't
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  Speaker 1: just its size or its pretty location. Perhaps it's the
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of what it might have taken to build it,
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  Speaker 1: the efforts of so many over years and decades. The
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  Speaker 1: foundations of the temple are made of wood and compact
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  Speaker 1: charcoal and covered with a layer of animal skins. Soft
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  Speaker 1: foundations have proven more resistant, less likely to fall in
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  Speaker 1: the event of an earthquake. Marble has been cut from
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  Speaker 1: quarries throughout the region and transported to the site on
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  Speaker 1: carts pulled by oxen. Measurements had to be precise to
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  Speaker 1: ensure stability. Sculptured carvings needed to be no less than flawless.
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  Speaker 1: The Temple of Artemis as you see it now is
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  Speaker 1: one of the most impressive feats in the history of engineering.
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  Speaker 1: It is enormous, nearly one hundred and forty meters long
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  Speaker 1: and seventy meters wide. With the roof above the columns,
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  Speaker 1: it's eighteen meters tall. If it were a modern building,
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  Speaker 1: it might be four stories high. The lady in blue
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  Speaker 1: looks tiny by comparison as she walks up the steps
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  Speaker 1: towards the entrance. Her demeanor is that of someone performing
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  Speaker 1: a ritual. Her steps are relaxed, yet careful and deliberate.
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  Speaker 1: Your own movements, you realize, are a lot like hers.
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  Speaker 1: You're relaxed and mindful. As you approach the staircase, you
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  Speaker 1: pause at the base and gaze up at the temple,
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  Speaker 1: paying particular attention to the area around the top. A
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  Speaker 1: triangular roof is tiled in terra cotta, and there's a
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  Speaker 1: decorative pediment top and center. The figures of Greek deities
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  Speaker 1: have been carved and painted. They jut out lifelike across
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  Speaker 1: the pediment. Gods and goddesses appear striking in their tunics,
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  Speaker 1: especially against a backdrop of silver. Many wear fabric of
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  Speaker 1: rippling blue, some dark like the ocean, others light like
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  Speaker 1: the sky. Today one goddess wears a tunic of creamy orange.
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  Speaker 1: Another wears a cloak of imperial purple. Beneath the pediment,
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  Speaker 1: above the tops of the pillars is a large type
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  Speaker 1: of decoration known as a frieze. Here the figures have
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  Speaker 1: been left unpainted, while the stone behind them is striking turquoise.
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  Speaker 1: The figures on the frieze look like amazons, the warrior
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  Speaker 1: women of Greek mythology. They are as elegant in dress
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  Speaker 1: as any Greek woman, but some carry swords or bows
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  Speaker 1: and arrows. The images were carved by a man named Scopus,
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  Speaker 1: a renowned Greek sculptor with many works to his name.
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  Speaker 1: The turquoise blue background behind the figures has also been
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  Speaker 1: used to lower down in details on the columns. It's
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  Speaker 1: the backdrop to images around the base of each pillar,
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  Speaker 1: and also at the top beneath scroll shaped moldings. Figures
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  Speaker 1: have been painted in an array of colors, like loose
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  Speaker 1: on the pediment, but a good deal smaller. They're bordered
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  Speaker 1: by bands of gold and silver at either side of
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  Speaker 1: ridges in the marble. The same metallic strips rim the
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  Speaker 1: large stone planters at the top of the stairway and
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  Speaker 1: also at the base sculptured cherubs fly against a turquoise
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  Speaker 1: background below blooming red rose bushes. You take in the
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  Speaker 1: fragrance of sweet, luscious roses as you begins strolling up
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  Speaker 1: towards the entrance. Their intoxicating fragrance follows you up the stairs,
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  Speaker 1: alongside the pattering of your footsteps. The lady you had
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  Speaker 1: been following is now quite far ahead of you. The
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  Speaker 1: back of her dress is barely visible between pillars. It's
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  Speaker 1: a blur of sea blue inside the inner temple, surrounded
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  Speaker 1: by the glow of yellow gold firelight. The building seems
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  Speaker 1: to grow taller and wider as you ascend the stairs.
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  Speaker 1: The sunlight on your face is replaced by shadow, and
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  Speaker 1: it's cooler near the entrance. There's a stillness here that's
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  Speaker 1: uniquely soothing. A quiet reverence seems to hang in the air.
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  Speaker 1: It's by no means silent, but the atmosphere is like
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  Speaker 1: that of a museum or library. Ordinary sounds are elevated
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  Speaker 1: against the quiet, from the chirping of the bads to
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  Speaker 1: the delicate fluttering of the breeze. There's music, too, coming
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  Speaker 1: from inside the temple, a little like a flute, yet
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  Speaker 1: slightly deeper. Though the sounds are distant. The notes are
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  Speaker 1: moving and persistent. You feel the music deep in your belly.
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  Speaker 1: It flows out of the temples inner chamber alongside the
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  Speaker 1: smell of burning incense. The aroma of cinnamon is comforting
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  Speaker 1: and distinctive. It's spicy yet sweet, both light and heady.
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  Speaker 1: The scents are stronger at the top of the staircase,
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  Speaker 1: where a thin column of smoke spills out between the pillars,
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  Speaker 1: but it's gone from sight almost as soon as it appears,
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  Speaker 1: dispersed in the air. Outside the temple, you walk between
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  Speaker 1: columns on the outer row, gazing in awe at the
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  Speaker 1: sculpted detail. Decorations have been carved, polished, and painted with
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  Speaker 1: expert precision and attention to detail. It's hard to imagine
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  Speaker 1: the effort and skill that would have been required to
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  Speaker 1: make even a single column, let alone what was needed
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  Speaker 1: to produce rows of so many, made to match their
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  Speaker 1: neighbors in such an exact way. Another row of columns
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  Speaker 1: rises up behind the fast, the same as the others,
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  Speaker 1: but dimmer to the eye. You reach out a hand
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  Speaker 1: and place it on the marble. You feel the cornice
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  Speaker 1: of the stone even before you touch it. You trace
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  Speaker 1: your finger along the moldings, those sculptured figures at the
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  Speaker 1: base of the column. It's a pleasant sensation on this
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  Speaker 1: warm summer's morning, the touch of cool stone against your skin.
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  Speaker 1: This shaded area is slit beautifully by fire pits, the
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  Speaker 1: source of the light that you noticed from the steps.
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  Speaker 1: Flames dance around the mounds of charcoal within large bronze
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  Speaker 1: bowls raised to waste tight on stands. The flames cast
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  Speaker 1: a sheen of gold across the walls, making the cool
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  Speaker 1: dark stone appear cozy and warm. It highlights the silhouette
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  Speaker 1: of your shadow in places. Walking beside you as you
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  Speaker 1: wander across the passage, the light of the fire flickers
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  Speaker 1: on the columns. In places, it lights up the details
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  Speaker 1: of the figures and makes the colors of their attire
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  Speaker 1: stand out even more. You walk towards the doorway that
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  Speaker 1: leads into the cellar, the inner chamber at the center
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  Speaker 1: of the temple. It's a yellow gold rectangle cut out
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  Speaker 1: of the walls, a room that radiates inviting firelight. The
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  Speaker 1: cellar is part corridor and part royal hallway. It's as
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  Speaker 1: opulent as a palace, but as peaceful as a church.
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  Speaker 1: The sound of crackling fire echoes across the walls. It
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  Speaker 1: pops and fizzles beneath the sound of the music. Fire
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  Speaker 1: pits are lined up in rows against the walls, between
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  Speaker 1: marble columns at both sides of the room. The ridges
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  Speaker 1: on the columns have been beautifully decorated, alternating gold and silver.
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  Speaker 1: They stand on a stunning mosaic floor where geometric patterns
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  Speaker 1: order images of the gods. You gaze at the marble
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  Speaker 1: as you begin walking step by step down to the
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  Speaker 1: center of the room. It's here that you finally see
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  Speaker 1: where the music is emanating from. There is a man
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  Speaker 1: playing an awlos. The aulos is best described as a
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  Speaker 1: double reed flute. It's a V shaped instrument blown at
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  Speaker 1: the mouth. The musician holds both sides of the V,
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  Speaker 1: moving his fingers across the surface and filling the room
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  Speaker 1: with that unique sound. The notes are mellow and graceful,
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  Speaker 1: like a flute, but they're deep and penetrating, almost like
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  Speaker 1: the sound of bagpipes. They produce a melody that is
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  Speaker 1: rich and other wildly. Notes endure long after they've been
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  Speaker 1: played again. You feel the music deep inside you. It
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  Speaker 1: vibrates through your body up from the floor. Your footsteps
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  Speaker 1: are matched to the tune's slow tempo and to the
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  Speaker 1: music of the aulos, and the fire pits continue to
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  Speaker 1: The most famous sculptors used the finest materials to make
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  Speaker 1: She's poised and graceful with her bow and arrow before
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  Speaker 1: you wonder if she's more than just stone. You feel
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  Speaker 1: Its surface is wood instead of marble, and the design
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  Speaker 1: Artemis's dress is shaped like a sarcophagus, and on her
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  Speaker 1: head stands a towering headdress. She looks every bit like
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  Speaker 1: out across her chest above tiny gilt moldings of crabs.
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  Speaker 1: The neckline of the deity is dripping with jewelry, rubies, sapphires, emeralds,
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  Speaker 1: and more. Her dark blue gemstone eyes shine in the firelight,
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  Speaker 1: and the whites of her eyes are inlaid with muted ivory.
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  Speaker 1: This type of statue is unique to the region. It's
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  Speaker 1: sparkle in every color of the rainbow, gifts and offerings
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  Speaker 1: are laid out around its base signs of devotion to Artemis.
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  Speaker 1: People have traveled from far flung places in order to
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  Speaker 1: adorned with jaws. Oils and perfumes have been laid out
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  Speaker 1: is flecked with lavender. The scent of the lotion invigorates
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  Speaker 1: flowers are also scattered around the statue in gorgeous ceramic bowls, pots,
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  Speaker 1: Their sweet, fragrant petals are as dazzling as the sunlight
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