April 2: Pamukkale to Kusadasi
Dolphin with boy riding
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Bathing of the boys in the sea after the tiring training in gymnasium was a tradition in Iasos, another important site in the region. Interestingly, while they were bathing, a dolphin was continuously taking one boy to the far and bringing him back later to the shore. Then, Alexander the Great took the boy to make him the priest Poseidon in Babil. Consequently, the boy on a dolphin was represented on the coins of 3rd century BC, due to its great influence on the people of Iasos.
Is this the meaning behind this statue?