thermal waters of the island of Ischia were already known and used in ancient times. Many arteifacts housed in the Archaeological Museum of Pithecusae in Lacco Ameno prove that the first Euboeian colonists (8th century BC) appreciated and used them. The Greeks infact resorted to these waters to restore both the body and the spirit, to heal war wounds (in pre-antibiotic times!), so much so that they believed that