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NYMPHAEUM (Gr. vbµcbatov, vvµja"aov)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 930 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NYMPHAEUM (Gr. vbµcbatov, vvµja"aov)

NYMPHAEUM (Gr. vbµcbatov, vvµja"aov) , in See also:

Greek and See also:

ROMAN

Roman antiquities, a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument consecrated to the See also:

NYMPHS

nymphs (q.v.), especially those of springs. These monuments were originally natural grottoes, which tradition assigned as habitations to the See also:

LOCAL

local nymphs. They were sometimes so arranged as to furnish a See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of See also:

WATER

water. Subsequently, artificial took the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of natural grottoes. The nymphaea of the Roman See also:

period were borrowed from the constructions of the Hellenistic See also:

east. The See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of them were rotundas, and were adorned with statues and paintings. They served the threefold purpose of sanctuaries, reservoirs and See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly-rooms. A See also:

SPECIAL

special feature was their use for the celebration of marriages. Such nymphaea existed at See also:

Corinth, See also:

ANTIOCH

Antioch and See also:

Constantinople; the remains of some twenty have been found at See also:

Rome and of many in See also:

Africa. The so-called See also:

EXEDRA

exedra of Herodes See also:

ATTICUS, TITUS POMPONIUS (109–32 B.c.)

Atticus (which answers in all respects to a nymphaeum in the Roman See also:

style), the nymphaeum in the See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of See also:

DOMITIAN (Thus FLAVIUS DOMITIANUS)

Domitian and those in the See also:

VILLA

villa of See also:

HADRIAN (PUBLICS AELIUS HADRIANUS)

Hadrian at See also:

TIBUR (mod. Tivoli, q.v.)

Tibur (five in number) may be specially mentioned. The See also:

TERM

term nymphaeum was also applied to the fountains of water in the See also:

ATRIUM (either from ater, black, referring to the blackening of the walls from the smoke of the hearth, or from the Greek aiOpeov, open to the sky, or from an Etruscan town, Atria, where the style of building is supposed to have originated)

atrium of the See also:

Christian See also:

BASILICA

basilica, which according to See also:

Eusebius (x. 4) were symbols of See also:

PURIFICATION

purification.

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