Pollio
Fountain
The fountain is on the east of
Domitian Square, on the western edge  of
the agora. This is a splendid structure with a small pool and a large
arch supporting a triangular capital. The water came from the agora
through a semicircular apsidal in the wall. In the pool on a pedestal
was a Polyphemos statue group, which is not on display in the Ephesus
Museum. The statues were originally on the Temple to Isis, which later
fell into ruin. The statues were then transferred
to the fountain. The theme of the statues is the adventures of
Polyphemus with the son of Poseidon after he moved to the Aegean
following the Trojan Wars. According to an inscription on the fountain,
it was built in 97 AD by C. Sextilius Pollio.
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