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Ty Visitors came down from the agora toward south along the main street. The west side of the street (or right side of the
street in Fig. 5) was a residential quarter which was excavated in 1999 and a Roman atrium house with mosaic was
found, though we have not reconstructed it yet here. The Propylon or the main gate was built at the northwest corner of
the stadion area and it took a symbolic role as the entrance to the area. (Fig. 5) The visitors would have been impressed
by its monumental four-columned facade in Doric style (Fig. 6) and entered into the whole athletic complex.
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Fig. 4 Left: 3D CG image of the
stadion area. The upper structure
of the buildings are all gone, then
their forms were conjectured and
reconstructed based on our
detailed architectural research.
Fig. 6 Present view of the Propylon. The upper
structure is gone and only four Doric columns are
remaining.
Fig. 5 North side view of the Propylon on the street from
the agora.
5.2 View of the grave street from the Propylon
Beyond the Propylon, the street continued toward south along the monotonous back wall of the West Stoa. There were
an entrance colonnade to the west stoa on the left and the Grave Monument I on the right. (Fig. 7) Beyond the Grave
monument I were located the Grave Monument II and III on the right side of the street, and they enlivened this dull
street. In particular, the Grave Monument I just beside the Propylon was in a symmetrical plan being exaggerated by
projecting wings on both ends. Its top was crowned by two hunting lions which flanked symmetrically. Thus, this
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