{"id":4520,"date":"2017-02-09T17:53:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2017-02-09T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:54:14","slug":"nymphaeum-herodes-atticus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visionpubl.com\/en\/cities\/olympia\/nymphaeum-herodes-atticus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus"},"content":{"rendered":"

On its north side, the sacred yard of Altis<\/strong> reaches the slope of Cronion. Here excavations revealed a long terrace on which there stood the thesauroi, a row of shrines designed to hold the votive offerings dedicated to Olympia<\/strong> by the cities of Greece, and those of its colonies in particular.<\/p>\n

On the west end of the terrace stood the Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus<\/strong>, built in the IInd century AD<\/strong>. This is a ornamental fountain<\/strong> which collected the waters of a big aqueduct originating in the nearby mountains, consisting of a rectangular basin<\/strong> and a larger semicircular one, the curved wall of which contained evenly spaced columns and niches containing statues<\/strong> of members of the Roman Imperial Antonine dynasty<\/strong> and of the family of Herodes Atticus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


\n\u00a9 Photo credits by Ronny Siegel<\/a> under CC-BY-2.0<\/p>\n

The most impressive of these statues is that of the wife of Herodes Atticus, Annia Regilla<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As priestess of Demeter<\/strong>, she donated a statue of a bull to the sanctuary: this was also originally located in the nymphaeum, and is now kept in the Olympia Museum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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