Claros – Apollos profetiska centrum
Claros, beläget i Menderes-distriktet i Izmir, var ett av de tre orakelcentren för orakelguden Apollo under antiken. Det faktum att även trappstegen till Apollons tempel i Klaros är inskrivna gör det till det enda helgedomen med denna egenskap. I helgedomen finns kultstatyer av Apollo, Artemis och Leto. Denna egenskap ses inte ofta i andra kultcentra.
Achaierna, som migrerade till denna region på 1200-talet f.Kr., bosatte sig i staden Kolophon. Ledaren för den första invandrargruppen, Rhikos, gifte sig med en flicka vid namn Manto, som var med i en invandrargrupp från Thebe. Det tros att Klaros profetcentrum bildades av Mantos tårar.
Ordet Claros betyder attraktion eller land på helleniska, men dess ursprungliga ursprung sägs komma från det luwiska ordet Kalara, som betyder "kust" eller "brygga".
Helgedomen i Klaros fungerade som ett kunskapscentrum från dess grundande på 1200-talet f.Kr. fram till dess övergivande med kristendomens spridning på 300-talet e.Kr. Det har aldrig varit en självständig stad, utan har alltid utvecklats under Kolophon. Under antiken hade orakelguden Apollo tre spådomscentra: Delfi i Grekland, Didyma Apollon-templet och Claros i Didim. Av denna anledning är Claros en mycket viktig helgedom och spådomscentrum.
Profetior vid Klaros kognitionscentrum görs i skenet av facklor efter att månen har stigit upp på himlen vid fullmåne. Sju unga flickor och sju pojkar som just har trätt in i puberteten kommer fram till altaret och templet, viftande med lagerblad i händerna, där de sjunger hymner till guden. Enligt tron, eftersom templen är gudarnas hem, är det inte tillåtet att gå in, och folket väntar vid templets ingång.
Platser att se i Claros
Propylon
Det finns en helig väg fylld med tvåsidiga kolonner och statyer som leder från Propylon (områdets entrébyggnad), som tros ha byggts på 100-talet f.Kr., till Apollons tempel. Inskriptioner skrivna av dem som gick för att konsultera oraklet har hittats i Propylon.
Apollon Klaros tempel
Tillägnat guden Apollo, är Apollon Klaros-templet det enda doriska templet som byggdes i Jonien under den hellenistiska perioden. Det dateras till 100-talet f.Kr.
I Apollons tempel finns crepis (trappsteg), naos (cella - templets grundstruktur, den heligaste delen), pronaos (ingången till cella) och monumentala kultstatyer (Apollo, hans syster Artemis och deras mor Leto). Dessa monumentala kultstatyer är mycket sällsynta i andra helgedomar. En annan egenskap hos denna plats är att det är den enda helgedomen där även trappstegen till Apollon Klaros-templet har inskriptioner.
Apollon-altaret
Öster om Apollons tempel ligger det hellenistiska Apollon-altaret. Ett av de två offerborden på altaret är tillägnat Apollo och det andra till Dionysos. Hekatomben (100 djurbindningsblock) anses vara det första arkeologiska beviset för denna djurritual.
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