Kourion Complex (Apollo) post 1945 (1 of 2)

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of 76-77. It was probably after the earthquake that the large stairway, a popular feature in the days of the Roman Empire, was added. The original doorway, well below the level of the top of the later stairway, was filled in; and the floor level was raised to accommodate the new formal entrance. The temple had a shallow porch at the head of the stairway which probably rested on columns. Behind the porch was the usual pro-naos and naos. An inscribed block of stone found at the top of the stairway bears part of the dedicatory inscription of the later temple. It can be restored with reasonable assurance to read "The City of the Kourions to Apollo Hylates." The inscription stood in the south wall, probably over the doorway.

The Baths.

At the foot of the stairway we see the terracotta pipe which brought water from Cistern 2 to the Apollo Baths. If we trace this pipe line it will bring us to the northwest corner of the building. The stone box which connected the horizontal with the vertical section of pipe to bring the water to the desired height to enter the building is still in situ under the wall. No traces of the pipe line, however, are in the immediate vicinity. The only way to enter the Baths (plan fig. ) was from the south where the building faced the main entrance to the sanctuary opposite the Southeast Building. The Baths are conveniently described in a recent publication:

The building faces south. One entered through a narrow vestibule (room 1) into a long hall (room 2) paved in mosaic. Immediately to the left is a small chamber (room 3), probably a dressing room; and opposite, two more rooms (room 4, possibly an attendant's room, and room 5, probably another dressing room). The bather would proceed, as we imagine, to one of the two dressing rooms and then pass down the hall to a large water basin. He stepped down into this basin and