Hippocampus (mythology) landwards through vast underground caverns and aquifers, rising replenished and freshened in springs. Thus it was natural for a temple at Helike in the coastal plain of Achaea to be dedicated to "Poseidon Helikonios", (the Poseidon of Helicon), the sacred spring of Boeotian Helikon. When an earthquake suddenly submerged the city, the temple's bronze Poseidon accompanied by hippocampi continued to snag fishermens' nets. Likewise, the hippocampus was considered an appropriate decoration for mosaics in Roman thermae or public baths, as at Aquae Sulis modern day Bath in Britannia ("illustration, below"). Poseidon's horses, which were included in the elaborate sculptural program
Aquae Sulis cuamiun ai" "The affixed – Deuina, Deieda, Andagin, (and) Uindiorix – I have bound" An alternative translation based on a much better knowledge of the Celtic languages is the following: "May I, Windiorix for/at Cuamena defeat (alt. "summon to justice") the worthless woman, oh divine Deieda." (Alt. "Divine Deiada, may I, Windiorix, bring to justice/defeat (in court) the woman at Cuamena".) This is a superior, though still uncertain, translation in that it takes into account the nominal cases of the nouns: "Windiorix" (alt. "Windorix") - nominative masculine (subject), lit. "fair-headed" ("windo") "king" ("rix"); "Dewina Deieda" - nominative/vocative feminine "divine Deieda"