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The
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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