Photo: The Library of Celsus

Ephesus

05/22/07

My wife, Brenda, was happily pointing out that the builders of the library had chosen women to represent (from left to right on the bottom level) its four symbols: Wisdom, Virtue, Intelligence, and knowledge. To which I replied, "It figures, Virtue is in the best shape while Intelligence and Knowledge have both lost their heads. At that point she punched me.