ANKARA / ISTANBUL, 4 March (BelTA – Anadolu) – The Turkish Ministry of
Culture and Tourism announced on Monday the discovery of a marble statue
of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus—the pantheon’s chief deity or a sky
and weather god in Greek mythology—as well as fragments of statues of
Aphrodite, Eros, Artemis, and Nemesis during excavation at the ancient
city of Aspendos, 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Antalya.
Culture and Tourism announced on Monday the discovery of a marble statue
of Hermes, the messenger of Zeus—the pantheon’s chief deity or a sky
and weather god in Greek mythology—as well as fragments of statues of
Aphrodite, Eros, Artemis, and Nemesis during excavation at the ancient
city of Aspendos, 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Antalya.
“In
Aspendos, a silent witness of time, figures that have been buried for
centuries are now coming to light. During the ongoing excavations at
Aspendos, which is part of our ‘Heritage for the Future’ project, a
Hermes statue from the Roman Empire period has been uncovered,” Culture
and…
