Dedicated to the nymphs.
Greek translation: αφιερωμένος/η/ο στις νύμφες
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| 5 +10 | αφιερωμένοι στις νύμφες |
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peer agreement (net): +10| dedicated to the nymphs. αφιερωμένοι στις νύμφες Explanation: Τα Νυμφαία είναι ναοί αφιερωμένοι στις νύμφες -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2006-11-19 09:52:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or even more correctly: "ιερά αφιερωμένα στις νύμφες". Την άποψη αυτή ενισχύει και η ύπαρξη στην πόλη μας των Νυμφαίων στο ΒΑ τμήμα της Ακρόπολης. Τα Νυμφαία ήταν Ιερά, όπου λατρεύονταν οι Νύμφες, θεότητες μικρότερης σπουδαιότητας, που δεν κατοικούσαν στον Όλυμπο αλλά στη γη. Ο Πίνδαρος διηγείται ότι από τη νύμφη Ρόδο γεννήθηκαν επτά παιδιά, ένα από τα οποία, ο Κέρκαφος, ήταν ο πατέρας του Λίνδου, του Κάμιρου και του Ιάλυσου. Τα Νυμφαία στην πόλη μας είναι σκαμμένα μέσα σε βράχο, σε δύο συγκροτήματα υπόγειων κατασκευών που επικοινωνούν μεταξύ τους με σκάλες. Στην αρχαία Ρόδο οι χώροι αυτοί ήταν κοσμημένοι με γλυπτά συμπλέγματα. http://www.rodosport.gr/enlefko/agalmata.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2006-11-19 09:59:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Τα Νυμφαία ήταν Ιερά, όπου λατρεύονταν οι Νύμφες, θεότητες μικρότερης σπουδαιότητας, που δεν κατοικούσαν στον Όλυμπο αλλά στη γη. Ο Πίνδαρος διηγείται ότι ... www.tganews.com/2001/news/greece/20020806rodos.html See also, http://www2.egiklopedia.gr/asiaminor/forms/fDataDisplay.aspx... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2006-11-19 10:04:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In AD 373 the emperor Valens welcomed the waters of Thrace to the city of Constantinople, brought by a new aqueduct that still today bears his name. The water channel was over 150km in length and took nearly 30 years to build. Additions were made to the system over the next 100-150 years, bringing the total length of water channel provided for the city to somewhere in the region of 400km, representing one of the greatest achievements of hydraulic engineering known from antiquity. The longest stretch ran from the vicinity of modern Vize to Constantinople: at over 250 km in length this is the longest single water supply line known from the ancient world. More than 30 stone water bridges and many kilometers of underground tunnels carried the water over mountain and plain to the heart of the city. In many respects the completion of this new water-supply system inaugurated and confirmed the city as the new capital of the Roman world. Not only did it fulfill the daily needs of the growing population, but it also supplied the great thermae and nymphea, expected in any classical metropolis. Outside the city the archaeological reminders of this achievement survive in the forests of Thrace as impressive aqueducts and collapsed water channels. Within the walls over a hundred Byzantine cisterns have been identified, including three giant open-air reservoirs, attesting to the scale of the endeavour. http://longwalls.ncl.ac.uk/WaterSupply.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2006-11-19 10:08:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- For Nympheum, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeum -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-19 10:52:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Brian, according to your note "An example of what I mean might be "The inscription says that Apollonios, the son of Diogenes dedicated this temple / shrine / water fountain / nymphaeum to the nymphs. Any of these. Thanks for your interest and your help." It means that he commissioned it and dedicated it to the nymphs. Just like for any building which is dedicated to someone of something. |
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