Didyma

Didyma was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia in the domain of the famous city of Miletus [1]. Didyma was known in antiquity for its famed oracle of Apollo, situated within the god's temple [1]. The ruins of Didyma are located a short distance to the northwest of modern Didim in Aydın Province, Turkey [1]. Didyma was the largest and most significant sanctuary on the territory of the great classical city Miletus [1]. Although the sanctuaries of Delphi and Ephesus were swiftly rebuilt, Didyma remained a ruin until the time Alexander the Great conquered Miletus and freed it from the Persians in 334 BC [1]. Didyma suffered a serious setback in 277/76 BC, as Galatians looted it [1]. Older inscriptions from the 6th century BC show that beside Apollo, both Artemis and Hekate had been worshipped in Didyma [1].