Image: Colossal reclining statue of the river god Kaystros with a cornucopia, from the frigidarium of the Vedius Gymnasium at Ephesus, 2nd century AD, Izmir Museum of History and Art, Turkey (45112787215)
Description: The River Kaystros had its headwaters on Mount Tmolos and flowed into the Aegean Sea near the town of Ephesos on the Lydian border with Karia (Caria). The next major rivers were the Meles and Hermos to the north, and Maiandros (Meander) to the south. Pausanias, Description of Greece 7. 2. 8 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : "Ephesos (Ephesus), who is thought to have been a son of the river Kaystros (Cayster), and from Ephesos the city received its name."
Title: Colossal reclining statue of the river god Kaystros with a cornucopia, from the frigidarium of the Vedius Gymnasium at Ephesus, 2nd century AD, Izmir Museum of History and Art, Turkey (45112787215)
Credit: Colossal reclining statue of the river god Kaystros with a cornucopia, from the frigidarium of the Vedius Gymnasium at Ephesus, 2nd century AD, Izmir Museum of History and Art, Turkey
Author: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany
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