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This is a list of notable fountains in Greece. Name Location Era Image ... Pirene fountain: Ancient Corinth: Roman period: Priuli fountain: Heraklion: Venetian period:
The Fountain of Peirene. Pirene or Peirene (Greek: Πειρήνη) is the name of a fountain or spring in Greek mythology, physically located in Corinth. [1] It was said to be a favored watering-hole of Pegasus, sacred to the Muses. Poets would travel there to drink and receive inspiration.
The term nymphaeum was also applied to the fountains of water in the atrium of the Christian basilica, which according to Eusebius were symbols of purification. Phiale is an equivalent Greek term. A nymphaeum for al fresco summer dining featuring artificial grottoes with waterflows was designed by Bartolomeo Ammanati (1550–1553), and was ...
An Egyptian fountain on the Temple of Dendera. Ancient civilizations built stone basins to capture and hold precious drinking water. A carved stone basin, dating to around 700 BC, was discovered in the ruins of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash in modern Iraq.
Greece’s Acropolis Museum launched an exhibition Tuesday that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 B.C. on loan from the British Museum. The exhibit comes during a dispute ...
The Fountain of Arethusa (Italian: Fonte Aretusa, Ancient Greek: Ἀρέθουσα [1]) is a natural spring on the island of Ortygia in the historical centre of the city of Syracuse in Sicily. According to Greek mythology , this freshwater fountain is the place where the nymph Arethusa , the patron figure of ancient Syracuse, returned to Earth ...
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 ...
Empedo, argues Parsons, was the name of the spring and Klepsydra the name given to the water made available by the fountain house. [4] It would seem that Empedo was also the name of the tutelary deity of the spring – an Attic nymph. [5] Mention is also made of the fountain by Aristophanes, [6] Pausanias, [7] and Plutarch. [8]