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Nymphaeum 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 ...
, a type of monument in Antiquity * Nymphaeum, the name of Aristotle's Macedonian school at Mieza *
Nymphaeum (Olympia) Nymphaeum (Olympia) (Latin, grc, νυμφαῖον), etymologically "home of the nymphs," or water goddesses, at Olympia, Greece, ancient Olympia was the official name of a water-distribution structure constructed in the mid-2nd century at that ...
, the name of a structure for distributing water from an aqueduct to the entire site of ancient Olympia *
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 * Nymphaion (cave), a cave where worshipers of Pan went.


Municipal objects

* Nymphaeum, alternate name of Daphne Mainomene, an ancient town on the Bosphorus *
Nymphaeum (Bithynia) Nymphaeum or Nymphaion ( grc, Νύμφαιον or Νυμφαῖον) was a town on the eastern coast of ancient Bithynia located on the Black Sea, at a distance of 30 stadia west of the mouth of the Oxines Oxinas or Oxines ( grc, Ὀξίνης) w ...
, a town on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia *
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 hab ...
, an inland town of ancient Caria *
Nymphaeum (Cilicia) Nymphaeum or Nymphaion ( grc, Νύμφαιον or Νυμφαῖον) was a town of ancient Cilicia that, according to Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural p ...
, a town on the Mediterranean coast of ancient Cilicia *
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 Shën ...
, an ancient Greek colony in Illyria *
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 Cimmerian B ...
, an ancient Greek colony in the Crimea *
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 structu ...
, an ancient Greek colony in western Anatolia *
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 standing, and a cave close to the sea; in it was a spring of sweet water. Its district was reported by Pa ...
, an ancient Greek town in Laconia *
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 {{Disambig, geo