Plan, Olympia, Swimming Pool with Greek Baths

Context: Olympia
Type: Swimming Pool
Summary: Rectangular pool; west outside the Sanctuary of Zeus (Altis), west of the Workshop of Pheidias.
Date: ca. 500 BC - ca. 400 BC
Dimensions:

ca. 16 m x 24 m; depth: 1.6 m.
Region: Elis
Period: Archaic/Classical

Plan:

A wide ledge, surrounding a stepped edge to a stone basin. A rectangular bath building to the east.

History:

The Greek cold water baths to the east were later enlarged, fitted with sitz baths and later with heated baths, but the pool remained unaltered. The swimming pool was later partially covered by the Roman baths.

Other Bibliography:

Rossiter 1981, 334; Mallwitz 1972, 270

See Also: Olympia, Greek Baths