The ancient Greek word “ἀσάμινθος” (asaminthos), meaning bathtub, is found in Homer’s epics several times, as well as in works by later authors. A terracotta bathtub shaped like present day bathtubs is in a house in the Mycenaean Pylos, a site in south-western Peloponnesus occupied at least as early as the Middle Bronze Age. Its palace compares in size and richness with the palace of Mycenae and is believed to be the home of Nestor, the second most powerful Mycenaean king. Although the bathtub was in fixed position, it must have been filled and emptied by hand rather than being connected directly to the sewers (similarly to the Minoan bathtubs).

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