. The life of the Greeks and Romans. ciple has been applied in a similar manner. Aboutone and a half hours walk from the city of Kos on the slope ofMount Oromedon, lies the well Burinna, which supplies the townwith water. In order to keep itquite cold and pure a circularchamber (2,85 metres in diameter,and 7 metres in height, up to theround opening in the vault) hasbeen erected, into which the waterruns, and from which it issuesthrough a subterraneous canal 35metres in length, and of an aver-age height of 2 metres. Fig. 90shows the mouth of the canal (A),the chamber (B), and the cleft inthe ro
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. ciple has been applied in a similar manner. Aboutone and a half hours walk from the city of Kos on the slope ofMount Oromedon, lies the well Burinna, which supplies the townwith water. In order to keep itquite cold and pure a circularchamber (2,85 metres in diameter,and 7 metres in height, up to theround opening in the vault) hasbeen erected, into which the waterruns, and from which it issuesthrough a subterraneous canal 35metres in length, and of an aver-age height of 2 metres. Fig. 90shows the mouth of the canal (A),the chamber (B), and the cleft inthe rock (C) whence the water is-sues ; between this and the cham-ber there is a door. The chamber(see Fig. 91, D) is built like thetreasure-house at Mykense, andopens at the top by means of a 9Lshaft (B) 3 metres high, which leads through the mountainin order to connect the water with the open air. Above theroof of the canal (A) (which consists partly of large horizontalblocks of stone, partly of long, narrow pieces of freestone) a small. b i nr 1 1 1 i il I iji 1 1 1 A | | m JUT 7 1 ! 1 1 78 THE HISTORIC DWELLING-HOUSE. chamber (E) lias been discovered, the entrance to which lies on theslope of the mountain, between the mouth of the canal and theopening of the shaft. It is connected by a small window (A) withthe principal chamber, and may have been the sanctuary of thenymphs of the fountain, or the watchmans dwelling, besidesletting in fresh air to the fountain in addition to the shaft (B). 22. About the historic dwelling-house of the Greeks ourinformation is almost as scanty as about the Homeric specimens are totally wanting, perhaps with oneexception; and a systematic description of the Greek house byYitruvius seems to relate more to the splendid mansions of post-Alexandrine times than to the houses of the common account, moreover, is not easily understood; so that aboutthis most important feature of Greek domestic life little is to beascertained. In
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