Nymphaea

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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The three nymphaea along the Lower Agora's north side. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The Trajanic (back) and Severan (front) nymphaea on the Lower Agora ❋ Unknown (2003)

These statues belong to the normal repertoire of aquatic divinities displayed in nymphaea. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Only a street leading to the Apollo Klarios sanctuary separated the two nymphaea. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Study the road on the terrace behind, and at a higher level than, the nymphaea along the north side of the agora. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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. ❋ Unknown (2003)

At Baiae itself there exist three large and lofty domed buildings, two octagonal, one circular, and all circular in the interior, of _opus reticulatum_ and brick, which, though popularly called temples, are remains of baths or _nymphaea_. ❋ Various (N/A)

Limnanthemum nymphaeoides (the limnanthemum like a nymphaea), the resembling species in each case belonging to totally distinct families. ❋ Alfred Russel Wallace (1868)

The Rio Tuy winds through districts covered with plantains, and a little wood of Hura crepitans, Erythrina corallodendron, and fig-trees with nymphaea leaves. ❋ Unknown (1851)

-- The nymphaea odorata borders the edge of the river. ❋ Schoolcraft, H R (1851)

We made a long herborization in a thick forest, extending beyond the Hato, and abounding in cedrelas, browneas, and fig-trees with nymphaea leaves. ❋ Unknown (1851)

Wherever there are deep declivities, or masses of rocks half covered with mould, the clusia or cupey, with great nymphaea flowers, displays its beautiful verdure. ❋ Unknown (1851)

In the fresh water grew water-lilies, nymphaea, and reeds; the gold-fishes stood up below in rank and file, all turning their heads one way, that the streaming water might flow into their mouths. ❋ Unknown (1840)

-- The _nymphaea odorata_ borders the edge of the river. ❋ Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1828)

A striking feature in the garden is this beautiful water-rose, or lotus-flower (nymphaea nelumbo), which was originally a native of ❋ Ida Pfeiffer (1827)