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- noun Plural form of
nymphaeum . - noun botany Originally, the white
water lily ; later also, a species of the genus Nymphaea.
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These include the Odeon (seating 2,000), the Roman Baths (one of the largest in Anatolia), the theater (seating 9,000), and monumental nymphaea (fountains), of which one was dedicated to Hadrian in A.D.
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Preference given to Sagalasos under Hadrian also explains the colossal size of structures such as the Odeion (2,000 seats?), the Baths, and the Theater (9,000 seats), the presence of four monumental nymphaea (fountains), two agoras, and so many other impressive monuments, much too large and much too numerous for a city with certainly fewer than 5,000 urban dwellers.
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The three nymphaea along the Lower Agora's north side.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Hadrianic Nymphaeum Report 2 2003
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Only a street leading to the Apollo Klarios sanctuary separated the two nymphaea.
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Below the steps, we discovered an intact drain that probably led the excess water from the fountain to a lower level of the Lower Agora in the direction of the Trajanic-Severan nymphaea at the agora's northern edge.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Hadrianic Nymphaeum Report 6 2003
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These statues belong to the normal repertoire of aquatic divinities displayed in nymphaea.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Hadrianic Nymphaeum Report 2 2003
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Study the road on the terrace behind, and at a higher level than, the nymphaea along the north side of the agora.
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An inventory of stones is now being written by Julian Richard (KULeuven, Belgium), who is preparing his Ph.D. on the statuary display of nymphaea (monumental fountains) in the eastern Mediterranean.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Hadrianic Nymphaeum Report 2 2003
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In 2000 and 2001, we exposed two new nymphaea, or fountains, one built only a mere half meter in front of the other, along the north side of the agora.
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But in 2000, we found another statue base, although with different dimensions, in front of the two nymphaea along the north side of the Lower Agora.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Hadrianic Nymphaeum Report 4 2003
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