One
of the most attractive features of Aphrodisias is the ornamental gate constructed in the
middle of the 2nd century. The name Tetrapylon refers to its being composed of four groups
of four columns.
The entrance lies to the east. The front row of Corinthian columns with
spiral fluting look out on to a street with north-south alignment. The second and third
columns of this fourfold structure are surmounted by a semicircular lintel with relief
figures of Nike and Erotes amid acanthus leaves. The process of repairing and re-erecting
the Tetrapylon columns was completed in 1990.
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