Olympia - Fountain-house

(Local Name: Nymphaeum) Going east from the Heraion at Olympia, we pass on the left the Nymphaeum (fountain-house) built by Herodes Atticus about A.D. 160 in memory of his wife Regilla, a priestess of Demeter, and in honor of the Imperial house. Beyond this is a terrace at the foot of Mt Kronos with a row of treasuries, mostly in the form of small temples in antis, built by various Greek cities between the early sixth and the fifth century to house their votive offerings. Pausanias mentions 10. It is a striking fact that of the 10 only two (those of Sikyon and Megara) were built by cities in Greece proper. Six belonged to cities of western Greece - Syracuse, Selinus and Gela in Sicily, Sybaris and Metapontion in southern Italy and Epidamnos (Durrës) in Albania - and the remaining two to Kyrene in North Africa and Byzantium.