Context: | Olympia |
Type: | Baths |
Summary: | Bath complex at the southeast corner of the Sanctuary of Zeus (Altis), among the ruins of the Southeast Building and the House of Nero. |
Region: | Elis |
Period: | Roman |
Plan:
Enormous complex of many rooms, with main entrance on the south to a vestibule and court, from which additional halls and courts led to cold and hot water baths. At the northeast corner was a large garden court.
History:
These baths were built over previous structures in the area, leaving the Echo Hall intact on the northwest, and a Naiskos of Artemis intact on the south.
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