From Ephesus to Heraclea
 

The first stop in this third documentary is Priene, a sacred city and leading member of the Ionian League. From a hill-top vantage point the two narrations reflect upon the fate of this city whose history was closely linked to Alexander the Great, while the camera focuses on the public buildings: the temple of Athena Polliados, the Gymnasium, the Stadium, the Agora, the Theatre, the Bouleutirion.

Ephesus, the next stop, boasts one of the most important monuments of Christianity, the church of Panaghia where the Third Ecumenical Synod took place and Nestorio was condemned. The two narrators give us insight into many aspects of the city's history, and especially into the religious persecutions of the Roman period, when the Apostle Paul was thrown into prison for preaching the new religion, and many of the faithful were killed in the Stadium of Ephesus.

We then head for Didyma and Klaros, with its Apollonian oracles, and for Sirintze (also known as Kirkintza from the book "Matomena Chomata") and for Heraclea, an important centre of Christianity during the Byzantine period, where the sanctuary of the shepherd Endymion (who according to the myth is associated with this city) has survived. Our journey ends in Miletus, a city full of historical memory.

Narration: Vasilis Batsakoutsas, Nikos Stamatiadis
Scenario-Director: Dimitris Loukopoulos
Music: George Magoulas
Research: George Pilihos
Production Director: Gina Petropoulou
Photography: Nady Francis
3D Graphic Director: Vangelis Christodoulou
Scientific advisor on architecture: John Svolos
Digital Production Director: Dimitris Efraimoglou
3D Graphics: Vangelis Christodoulou (supervisor), Abraham Onassis, Ilias Mihailidis, Alexander Hemery, Maria Olga Vlahou
2D Graphics: Lydia Abastado, Peggy Tsaprouni
Editing: Antonis Xenos, Thanasis Takis
Post Production: Imagina Computer Graphics

 




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