Euripus
Euripus (from the Greek Euripos "strait", especially the strait between Chalkis on Euboea and the Greek mainland, see Euripos ) refers to a long, narrow water basin in a (garden) area in Roman architecture .
In particular, a trench 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep was named in the Roman Circus Maximus Euripus , which (except on the Carceres side ) ran below the spectator stands around the track. Caesar had this moat built in the course of his renovations. Under Nero, the ditch was cleared to gain more space for rows of spectators.
In later times the elongated basin on the spina (the dividing line of the circus in the middle) was called Euripus . Water flowed into this basin from the mouths of the dolphins, which indicated the laps.
Eventually the name was transferred to the spina as a whole.
literature
- Harald Mielsch : The Roman Villa. Architecture and way of life. 2., through Aufl. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-31576-3 , pp. 104-106.