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BATHS AND FOUNTAINSSanctuary of Despoina
PREHISTORIC HYDRAULICS
Close to the Sanctuary of Despoina at Lykosura, on the other side of the modern road, are the remains of a cistern and sunken bathing pool.
     At first, you might mistake the cistern for a temple but features, like the tiled floor and the lack of a processional entrance, indicate it was a water tank that probably supplied the bathing pool below.
     Now devoid of water, the sunken pool has a grass floor but it is not hard to imagine a traveller to Lykosura being invited to descend down the steps to wash off the dust from an arduous journey.