ABSTRACT
In Miletus, perhaps more than at any other ancient site, one becomes conscious of the past and its impermanence, for lie the ruins of a city which was the greatest and most powerful of the Greek ports. In Miletus, perhaps more than at any other ancient site, one becomes conscious of the past and its impermanence, for here lie the ruins of a city which was the greatest and most powerful of the Greek ports. Miletus was famous for the fine wool shorn from the sheep farmed in the hinterland, the wool being manufactured into blankets and quilts. The most imposing of the ruins is the massive theatre which seated an audience of 15,000. The ancient people would make their religious processions through the Sacred Gate and along the Sacred Way, once lined by statues, lions and sphinxes, to the Temple of Apollo at Didyma.
