Ancient_Corinth

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Text from  Britannica :

Corinth , Greek Kórinthos, Ancient city of the Peloponnese, Greece. Located on the Gulf of Corinth, the site was occupied before 3000 bc but developed as a commercial centre only in the 8th century bc. In the late 6th century bc, it was outstripped by Athens. Occupied in 338 bc by Philip II, it was destroyed in 146 bc by Rome. In 44 bc Julius Caesar reestablished Corinth as a Roman colony; the New Testament includes the letters addressed to its Christian community by St. Paul. It declined in the later Middle Ages; its ruins are near the modern city of Corinth. 

Photos :  John Michopoulos

Ancient Corinth was built at the foot of Acrocorinth, a majestic hill, dominating the landscape .A wall protected the city from as early as the 7th c. B.C. In the 5th c.B.C, the “Long Walls” connected Corinth with its port, Lechaion. The heart of the city was the Temple of Apollo and the Theater . It was there that political and religious activities were held, although deities, such as Asklepios, were worshiped in sanctuaries on the city’s outskirts . ( Text from the Museum ) 

Grand temples, a stadium, a theater and stoas were built in the center of this area . 

FOUNTAIN OF PEIRENE . Myth records two origins for the spring . In one Poseidon’s lover Peirene literally dissolved into tears when Artemis accidentally killed her son Kenchrias . The other attributes its creation to the hoof print of the winged horse Pegasus when he stamped in irritation on being bridled by Bellerophon . ( Text from the spot ) .