A dictionary of Greek and Roman . were covered to keep them pure and cool, and thecovering was frequently in the form of a monopteraltemple: there were also statues, the subjects ofwhich were suggested by the circumstance thatevery fountain was sacredto some divinity, or theywere taken from the whole range of mythologicallegends. That at Megara, erected by Theagenes,is described by Pausanias as worth seeing for itssize, its beauty, and the number of its columns ( § 1). That of Peirene at Corinth was adornedwith covered cisterns of white marble, like grottoes, 544 of
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . were covered to keep them pure and cool, and thecovering was frequently in the form of a monopteraltemple: there were also statues, the subjects ofwhich were suggested by the circumstance thatevery fountain was sacredto some divinity, or theywere taken from the whole range of mythologicallegends. That at Megara, erected by Theagenes,is described by Pausanias as worth seeing for itssize, its beauty, and the number of its columns ( § 1). That of Peirene at Corinth was adornedwith covered cisterns of white marble, like grottoes, 544 of which the water flowed into the open air,and with a statue of Apollo, and was enclosed witha wall, on which was painted the slaughter of thesuitors by Ulysses. (Paus. ii. 3. § 3; see a paperby Gottling, on the present state of this fountain,and of the Craneion, with an engraving of the sourceof the Peirene, in Gerhards Archdologiselte Zeitungfor 1844, pp. 326, 328; the engraving is given be-low.) Corinth contained numerous other fountains ;. over one of which was a statue of Bellerophon andPegasus, with the water flowing out of the horseshoofs (lb. § 5); over another, that of Glauce, wasthe Odeium (lb. § 6) ; and another was adornedwith a bronze statue of Poseidon, with a dolphin athis feet, out of the mouth of which the water flowed.(Paus. ii. 2. § 7. s. 8.) In the same city, wasanother fountain on a still grander scale ; namely,that of Lerna, which was surrounded by a colonnadewith seats for those who desired a cool retreat insummer ; the water was no doubt collected in aspacious basin in the centre. (Ib. 4. § 5. s. 6 ; seealso 5. § 1.) Several other fountains of a similarkind to these are described or referred to by Pausa-nias (ii. 27, iv. 31, 33, 34, vii. 5, 21, viii. 1),among which two deserve special mention, as theywere within temples ; namely, that in the templeof Erechtheus at Athens, and of Poseidon at Man-tineia, which were salt-water springs (i. 26. § 5,vii
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