classicalmonuments:Pollio Monument and Fountain of DomitianEphesus1st century CEThe Pollio Monument
classicalmonuments:Pollio Monument and Fountain of DomitianEphesus1st century CEThe Pollio Monument was built as a heroon for C. Sextilius Pollio by his adopted son, C. Offillius Proculus. It dates from the reign of Augustus (31 BC-14 CE). As the excavations later revealed, the Pollio monument was extended and incorporated into the so-called Fountain of Domitian, during the building program of the so-called terrace of Domitian in 93 CE. The initial single-room building of Pollio formed the north wing of a larger complex with three fountain constructions: a) a small fountain in the western section, b) a U- shaped structure with basins built over the preexisting honorary building, the so-called Nymphaeum of Pollio, and c) the semi-circular fountain of Domitian in the south section.This fountain building’s ground-plan was U-shaped. It was built on the Pollio monument and faced towards the square of the state agora. It was a richly decorated and a particularly lavish edifice. It stands on a pedestal 1.10 m. in height, faced with marble slabs. On each of the three walls there were two square pilasters, which carried anta capitals of Corinthian order, while in front of each pilaster there were two columns. Thus, an aedicula was formed on each side which was crowned by an entablature with three-fasciae architrave and a relief frieze. In these aediculae niches were formed for the placement of sculptural decoration. In front of each aedicula there was a rectangular basin.The Fountain of Domitian was a semicircular nymphaea. It faces the so-called Domitian Square.An impressive group statue, which represents the episode of the blinding of the Cyclop Polyphemus by Odysseus and his companions, was placed on this pedestal (shown in images)further reading -- source link