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worshipers used wine and opium in their cult. Some Bacchic scenes
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were also carved and suggest the dedication of this temple to
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Bacchus, equivalent to a local growth and regeneration deity.
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It is a peripteral temple with a 42 column peristyle surrounding the
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cella . The columns support an entablature connected to the wall of
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the cella by enormous slightly curved flagstones which form a richly
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decorated coffered ceiling. Part of the ceiling, which collapsed on the