Ancient City Lagina

Lagina was closely connected to the city of Stratonikeia, with which it was linked by a processional road. At the heart of the complex was the Temple of Hecate, whose origins likely date back to the 2nd century BC. This temple, famous even in the time of the ancient geographer Strabo, stood within a spacious sacred precinct surrounded by Doric colonnades. The relatively small pseudodipteral temple featured Corinthian capitals and a remarkably high frieze, of which 34 relief panels depicting over 200 figures have survived. This frieze, the last figural frieze to be incorporated into a temple in Asia Minor, illustrates, among other scenes, a treaty or peace agreement.