Today we left Pammukale for another long drive to Kusadasi near Ephesus.
We visited the site of Aphrodisias - named after Aphrodite. It has a magnificent Stadium,
a large council chamber - called an Odeon or Bouleuterion, shaped like a Roman Theatre, two large marketplaces - one for retial and one for wholesale trade
and of course a Temple to Aphrodite. The latter was later converted to a Christian Church.
It also has a museum with a collection of beautfully preserved statues.
After lunch we continued to Miletus. Miletus was the port where Paul called in to speak to the Ephesian Elders (Acts 20) on his way to Jerusalem but it is now 10km from the seas due to silting up of the bay from the River Meander that flows past the city.
a large council chamber - called an Odeon or Bouleuterion, shaped like a Roman Theatre, two large marketplaces - one for retial and one for wholesale trade
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