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The Jerash nymphaeum. A nymphaeum or nymphaion (Ancient Greek: νυμφαῖον, romanized: nymphaîon), in ancient Greece and Rome, was a monument consecrated to the nymphs, especially those of springs. These monuments were originally natural grottoes, which tradition assigned as habitations to the local nymphs.
An image of a trireme on the wall of a temple in Nymphaion (3rd century BC). Nymphaion and other ancient Greek colonies along the north coast of the Black Sea. Nýmphaion (Greek: Νύμφαιον, Latin: Nymphaeum), also known as Nymphaion on the Pontus (Ancient Greek: Νύμφαιον τὸ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ), [1] was a significant centre of the Bosporan Kingdom, situated on the Crimean ...
Nymphaeum (Olympia) (Latin, Ancient Greek: νυμφαῖον), etymologically "home of the nymphs" or water goddesses, at ancient Olympia was the official name of a water-distribution structure constructed in the mid-2nd century at that site to provide water to the masses who attended the Olympic Games in July and August. Nymphaeum was the ...
Nymphaeum, a type of monument in Antiquity; Nymphaeum, the name of Aristotle's Macedonian school at Mieza; Nymphaeum (Olympia), the name of a structure for distributing water from an aqueduct to the entire site of ancient Olympia; Nymphaion (fire sanctuary), the name given to the sanctuary of the eternal fire in Illyria
The Nymphaeum is located inside the sacred area in front of the Apollo temple. It dates from the 2nd century AD. It was a shrine of the nymphs, a monumental fountain distributing water to the houses of the city via an ingenious network of pipes. The Nymphaeum was repaired in the 5th century during the Byzantine era.
Statue of Tiberius Claudius Atticus, from the Nymphaeum erected by his son Herodes Atticus at Olympia, between 149 and 153 AD, Olympia Archaeological Museum, Greece. Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes (Greek: Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Άττικός Ήρώδης; 65 – before 160) was a Greek aristocrat of the Roman Empire.
Nymphæum or Nymphaion (Ancient Greek: Νυμφαῖον, Νύμφαιον or Νυμφαίη; Latin: Nymphaeum) was an ancient harbour on the coast of Illyria, three miles to the north of Lissus. [1] [2] [3] The site has been identified with the area of modern day Shëngjin, Albania. [4] [5]
The Temple of Minerva Medica is a ruined nymphaeum of Imperial Rome which dates to the 4th century CE. It is located between the Via Labicana and Aurelian Walls and just inside the line of the Anio Vetus. [1] Once part of the Horti Liciniani on the Esquiline Hill, it now faces the modern Via Giolitti.