Note 184 — Chapter XXXIX · LEGES AND EPINOMIS. (continued 2)
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Plato, Legg. vi. p. 761 A-D.
Agreeable and refreshing combinations of springs with shady trees near the precincts of the Gods were frequent. See Xenophon, Hellen. v. 3, 19.
The thermal waters were also generally connected with some precinct of Hêraklês or Asklêpius.
In some temples it was forbidden to use this adjoining water except for sacred rites, Thucyd. iv. 97.