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 The museum is situated in Eleftherias square opposite the local fruit market. Its architecture is simple and was purposefully built with rooms laid out in such a way so as to display the works of art discovered.
There are three main rooms, North , East and West set around the central vestibule which is reachable from the entrance hall. The well placed exhibits stand on round rectangular and crucible style altars. There are large heads of Dimitra, Agripinas and the young Elasonos from the 1st century AD as well as statues of a horse and lion.
I n the centre of the building there is a mosaic made in the 2nd or 3rd century AD. It shows Asklepieios disembarking in Kos and Hippocrates with another Koan welcoming him. Various statues such as the cluster of Dionysus, Satyr and Pan from the 2nd century AD surround the mosaic. Other statues are that of a young woman from the Trianon era, the goddess of hunting Artemis with a dog at her feet and Hygeia, the goddess of health (from where the word hygiene originates from) who was the daughter of Asklepieios and is depicted offering an egg to the snake she is holding. All these were found in the House of the Abduction of Europe. There is also a headless Asklepieios with the demon Telesforo at his feet from the 2nd century AD, a woman of ancient times, Asklepieios from the 2nd century BC and a child holding a duck and a mouse. A base-relief showing a funeral banquet, animals, a triumphant warrior and a hero on a boat from the 2nd century BC and another of a funeral banquet and a triumphant hellenist are also displayed in this room, as is a statue of a boxer form the 1st century AD.
 In the West there is a large rectangular room which displays mainly exhibits of the Hellenistic era except for a bust of a young Koan and the body of Klavdiou which are form the 1st century AD. Many sculpted heads are on display, an unknown woman, a goddess, a wounded warrior found near the sanctuary of Herakles, part of another unknown woman's head and a woman from the 3rd century BC. A large head of Herakles was found in Kefalos, one of Alexander the Great from the 3rd century BC and the gods Hermes and Dionysus which were found near Casa Romana are also in this room.
 In the East the room exhibits mainly Roman time artifacts such as a sculpted head of a young girl found in a Roman cemetery, a dressed roman woman, Mercury the messenger (Hermes) wearing a feathered cap, Pan, a marble table with legs in the shape of lions and much more.
It is extremely difficult to describe the wonder and beauty of all these exhibits and the ones mentioned above are only a sample of what can be seen at the museum. It is only when one actually sees the artifacts up close, that one can truly appreciate the skill and genius of the ancient masters. |
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