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STREET OF THE
CURRETES
This
street, which starts at the Celsus Library and
extends east to the Magnesia Gate, is known as
the Street of the Curettes, and takes its name
from the class of priests referred to as
"curettes" in long lists found at
the clerical schovl of chief priests. These
priests guarded the sacred fire of the Goddess
Hestia (Vesta). The street is decorated with
fountains, monuments, statues, and galleries
containing mosaics. On one side there are
shops behind the columned porticoes.
The street
assumed its final appearance in the 4th and
5th centuries.
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