Elaiussa Sebaste 2

Here are some pix from Elaiussa Sebaste across the highway...villa, agora, theater, and more. Incredibly, to us, this place is barely mentioned in the guidebooks.

Looking up from another spare parts pile toward the theatre

The Italian archaeologists identified three different levels of

settlement here: first, a Roman villa; then, the town agora

or marketplace; then, a Byzantine church; six hundred years

of habitation and development...and perhaps some Hittites

before that; anyhow, the intact mosaic here is from the villa

One dome of the Byzantine church

Toothsome mosaic fish

Greek (Byzantine) inscription near the theatre (which they

might well have regarded with archaeological interest)

In the theatre, center stage, I deliver some favorite lines

from Plautus (Pseudolus; A Funny Thing Happened on

the Way to the Forum)

View from center stage; the site is right under current

residents..."Abdul, you'll never guess what they found in

the back yard..."

Vomitorium (seriously)

View from the nosebleed section back toward the harbor and

our campground



Back toward the north end of the harbor, much more

structure beneath the dunes

I love arches...