Heracles in Ephesus by egisto.sani

The monumental gate was called Hercules' Gate because the images of the hero wearing the skin of the Nemean lion carved on the pillars. The gate is located in Ephesus, towards the end of the “Curetes” Street. In order to narrow the access to the street, preventing the passage of vehicles, the gate was disassembled and brought to its current place from another place in the fourth century AD. The gate structures and Heracles’ reliefs embellishing the gate date back to the second century BC. Hellenistic bass-relief Approx. 2nd century BC Ephesus, Turkey