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The Grotta del Ninfeo is an artificial cavity in the rock of Temenite Hill (named after the Greek ''temenos'', "sacred precinct") located in the Archaeological park of Neapolis in Syracuse. == Terrace of Temenite Hill == The grotta is located near the highest part of the little rocky relief, on a rectangular terrace which verges on the Greek theatre and opens at the centre of a stone wall where a closed portico in the form of an "L" was once found. At the entrance there were statues dedicated to the Muses, three of which (dated to the 2nd century BC)〔''Sicilia'', Touring Editore, 1989, pag. 596〕 are still preserved and are on display at the Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi. The fountain is dedicated to the Ancient Greek cult of the nymphs, nature goddesses. The name nymphaeum for a monumental, decorated fountain derives from this. The Syracusan nymphaeum is thought to have been the ancient location of the ''Mouseion'' (the sanctuary of the Muses), seat of the artistic guild, where the Syracusan actors gathered before descending into the theatre to put on comedies and tragedies in the time of Epicharmus and Aeschylus. Regarding the Grotta del Ninfeo, the Syracusan Giuseppe Politi wrote in the nineteenth century: The grotto has a vaulted ceiling and inside it there is a rectangular tub in which the water collects before cascading from a cavity located at the bottom of the rock wall. Next to the entrance, there are some votive aedicula which were used for hero cults (''Pinakes'').〔Giuseppe Bellafiore, ''La civiltà artistica della Sicilia dalla preistoria ad oggi'', F. Le Monnier, 1963〕 To the east of the Grotta del Ninfeo, the last watermill from the Spanish period remains visible even today. It took water from the grotta and redirected it into the theatre after using it to mill grain. From nymphaeum, one continues to the Via dei Sepolcri and from there to the summit of the hill, where there are other Graeco-Roman monuments. The water that flows into the Grotta derives from two separate aqueducts, both of Greek date; one is called the ''Acquedotto del Ninfeo'' (Nymphaeum Aqueduct) after the Grotta, while the other is the Galermi Aqueduct.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Grotta del Ninfeo is an artificial cavity in the rock of Temenite Hill (named after the Greek ''temenos'', "sacred precinct") located in the Archaeological park of Neapolis in Syracuse.== Terrace of Temenite Hill ==The grotta is located near the highest part of the little rocky relief, on a rectangular terrace which verges on the Greek theatre and opens at the centre of a stone wall where a closed portico in the form of an "L" was once found. At the entrance there were statues dedicated to the Muses, three of which (dated to the 2nd century BC)''Sicilia'', Touring Editore, 1989, pag. 596 are still preserved and are on display at the Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi. The fountain is dedicated to the Ancient Greek cult of the nymphs, nature goddesses. The name nymphaeum for a monumental, decorated fountain derives from this.The Syracusan nymphaeum is thought to have been the ancient location of the ''Mouseion'' (the sanctuary of the Muses), seat of the artistic guild, where the Syracusan actors gathered before descending into the theatre to put on comedies and tragedies in the time of Epicharmus and Aeschylus.Regarding the Grotta del Ninfeo, the Syracusan Giuseppe Politi wrote in the nineteenth century:The grotto has a vaulted ceiling and inside it there is a rectangular tub in which the water collects before cascading from a cavity located at the bottom of the rock wall. Next to the entrance, there are some votive aedicula which were used for hero cults (''Pinakes'').Giuseppe Bellafiore, ''La civiltà artistica della Sicilia dalla preistoria ad oggi'', F. Le Monnier, 1963 To the east of the Grotta del Ninfeo, the last watermill from the Spanish period remains visible even today. It took water from the grotta and redirected it into the theatre after using it to mill grain. From nymphaeum, one continues to the Via dei Sepolcri and from there to the summit of the hill, where there are other Graeco-Roman monuments. The water that flows into the Grotta derives from two separate aqueducts, both of Greek date; one is called the ''Acquedotto del Ninfeo'' (Nymphaeum Aqueduct) after the Grotta, while the other is the Galermi Aqueduct.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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