Kallirrhoë (source)

Kallirrhoë ( Greek Καλλιρρόη , the beautiful flowing ) or Kallirhoë was a spring in ancient Athens on the agora.

It arose south of Athens in the bed of Ilissos and was put into a well with nine tubes by Peisistratos during the expansion of the city of Athens. That is why it was later given the name Enneakrunos, "Neunbrunn". It has long been disputed whether Kallirhoe and Enneakrunos were the same source. The water for the bridal bath of the Athenian women was traditionally fetched from this spring.

literature

Kurt Wachsmuth : Athenai 1) VA 11. Ilisos and Kallirrhoe . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplement volume I, Stuttgart 1903, column 190.

Web links

Kallirrhoe spring on the Ilissos in the Arachne archaeological database

Remarks

^ Pseudo- Plato : Axiochos 364 A; Etymologicum magnum .
↑ Thucydides 2, 15, 5 ( German translation ).
↑ Alexander Malinin: Did Dörpfeld actually solve the Enneakrunos episode at Pausanias or how can it be solved? Some remarks on Judeich's “Topography of Athens” . Hölder, Vienna 1906 ( archive.org ). Kurt Wachsmuth : Athenai 1) VC 6. Enneakrunos episode / 7. Dörpfeld's hypothesis . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplement volume I, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 211-218.
↑ Thucydides 2,15,5

[1] Pseudo- Plato : Axiochos 364 A; Etymologicum magnum .

[2] Thucydides 2, 15, 5 ( German translation ).

[3] Alexander Malinin: Did Dörpfeld actually solve the Enneakrunos episode at Pausanias or how can it be solved? Some remarks on Judeich's “Topography of Athens” . Hölder, Vienna 1906 ( archive.org ). Kurt Wachsmuth : Athenai 1) VC 6. Enneakrunos episode / 7. Dörpfeld's hypothesis . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplement volume I, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 211-218.

[4] Thucydides 2,15,5