Nymphaion ( el, Νυμφαῖον or Νύμφαιον) can refer to:
Non-municipal objects
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Nymphaeum
A ''nymphaeum'' or ''nymphaion'' ( grc, νυμφαῖον), in ancient Greece and Rome, was a monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a so ...
, a type of monument in Antiquity
* Nymphaeum, the name of Aristotle's Macedonian school at
Mieza
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Nymphaeum (Olympia)
Nymphaeum (Olympia) (Latin, grc, νυμφαῖον), etymologically "home of the nymphs," or water goddesses, at ancient Olympia was the official name of a water-distribution structure constructed in the mid-2nd century at that site to provide w ...
, the name of a structure for distributing water from an aqueduct to the entire site of ancient Olympia
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Nymphaion (fire sanctuary)
Nymphaion ( grc, Νυμφαῖον, ''Nymphaîon'') was the name given to the ancient sanctuary of the "eternal fire" located in southern Illyria, near Apollonia in modern-day Albania. Placed inland on the Vjosë/Aoos river. Pliny the Elder ...
, the name given to the sanctuary of the eternal fire in Illyria
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Nymphaion (cave), a cave where worshipers of
Pan went.
Municipal objects
* Nymphaeum, alternate name of
Daphne Mainomene, an ancient town on the Bosphorus
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Nymphaeum (Bithynia), a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia
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Nymphaeum (Caria)
A ''nymphaeum'' or ''nymphaion'' ( grc, νυμφαῖον), in ancient Greece and Rome, was a monument consecrated to the nymphs, especially those of springs.
These monuments were originally natural grottoes, which tradition assigned as habit ...
, an inland town of ancient Caria
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Nymphaeum (Cilicia), a town on the Mediterranean coast of ancient Cilicia
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Nymphaeum (Illyria)
Nymphæum or Nymphaion ( grc, Νυμφαῖον, Νύμφαιον or Νυμφαίη; lat, Nymphaeum) was an ancient harbour on the coast of Illyria, three miles to the north of Lissus. The site has been identified with the area of modern day Shë ...
, an ancient Greek colony in Illyria
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Nymphaion (Crimea)
Nýmphaion ( el, Νύμφαιον, la, Nymphaeum), also known as Nymphaion on the Pontus ( grc, Νύμφαιον τὸ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ), was a significant centre of the Bosporan Kingdom, situated on the Crimean shore of the Cimmeri ...
, an ancient Greek colony in the Crimea
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Nymphaion (Ionia)
Nymphaion ( el, Νυμφαῖον or Νύμφαιον) can refer to:
Non-municipal objects
* Nymphaeum, a type of monument in Antiquity
* Nymphaeum, the name of Aristotle's Macedonian school at Mieza
* Nymphaeum (Olympia), the name of a struct ...
, an ancient Greek colony in western Anatolia
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Nymphaeum (Laconia) Nymphaeum or Nymphaion ( grc, Νύμφαιον) was a harbour town of ancient Laconia between Boeae and Cape Malea. It had a statue of Poseidon
Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religi ...
, an ancient Greek town in Laconia
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Nymfaio
Nymfaio ( el, Νυμφαίο, before 1926: Νέβεσκα - ''Neveska'', rup, Nevesca) and in Ancient Greece: Νυμφαῖον or Νύμφαιον (9th century bc), is a village and a former community in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia ...
, a village in Florina regional unit, Greece
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