"Collection","Type","Icon","dc-creator","Chronology","Redirect","Id","Name","dc-publisher","dc-description","dc-title","dc-date","UserLevel","dc-subject"
"Corinth","Monument","Corinth:Image:slide  0103::/Corinth/Photos/slides/0001-0999/sl0103.jpg::1800::1214","","","","Corinth:Monument:South Stoa west","South Stoa west","","The Stele Shrine includes a square-shaped temenos enclosed; by a wall, established in the mid-6th century B.C. Inside; the temenos, a stele, evidence of burnt offerings, and an; offering table are indications of ritual, perhaps in honor; of a local hero. In the later 4th century B.C.,; the east end of the shrine was destroyed by the construction; of the South Stoa, but the use of the shrine continued in an; irregular shape, using the stoa wall as a new boundary,; until the end of the 3rd century B.C. or later.","","","","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Central Area | Forum | South Stoa west"
"Agora","Monument","Agora:Image:1997.04.0199::/Agora/1997/1997.04/1997.04.0199.tif::2144::1662","","3rd B.C.","","Agora:Monument:Arsenal","Arsenal","","Arsenal, Military, Storage","","","","Site | By Area | West | Kolonos Agoraios | Area around the Temple of Hephaistos"
"Corinth","Monument","Corinth:Image:bw  2737::/Corinth/Photos/negatives/2000-2999/2737_gp.jpg::1800::1434","","","","Corinth:Monument:Justinian's Wall","Justinian's Wall","","In 146 B.C. the Roman general Mummius reduced the walls of Corinth to make them unusable for defensive purposes. No wall was considered necessary until the Late Roman period when a shorter circuit was constructed within the Classical enceinte. Timothy Gregory identified traces of massive masonry, including the so-called Epistyle Wall, as belonging to this Justinianic wall. His reconstruction shows a 5.3 kilometer enceinte (approximately a square of sides 1.5 by 1.3 kilometers) with the Roman forum at its center.  He considered it to date to the early 5th century. Another hypothesis, based on recent resistivity survey, is that the wall enclosed an area about one quarter of this area and left the Roman Forum outside to the west. This hypothesis suggests a mid-6th century date for the wall and explains how the Forum could have been used for later 6th century burial when the law prohibited burial within the walls.","","","","Corinthia | Justinian's Wall"
"Corinth","Monument","Corinth:Image:slide  3795::/Corinth/Photos/slides/3000-3999/sl3795.jpg::1800::1179","","","","Corinth:Monument:East of Theater","East of Theater","","A series of buildings flanking the street descending the terrace immediately to the east of the theater was excavated in the 1980’s by C. K. Williams II. Two of the buildings (Buildings 1 and 3) were food shops catering to the theater goers. The north room of both buildings contained domed ovens and large quantities of animal bone were found in the south room of Building 3. They were built in the 1st century A.D. and were destroyed by an earthquake sometime between A.D. 125 and A.D. 150. Buildings 5 and 7, higher up to the south, were supported by a buttressed wall separating them from the caterers. These buildings were related to religious activity including worship of the gods Aphrodite, Isis, Serapis and Cybele.  The walls of Building 7 Room 2 were decorated with wall painting. This was of white panels framed by tall Corinthian columns, each containing a small figure of a deity including Hercules, Juno, Jupiter, Minerva and Venus.; Built in 1st century, Buildings 5 and 7 suffered the same fate as Buildings 1 and 3 but were refurbished and continued in use until they were destroyed by earthquake in the later 4th century. The debris from this quake was cleared from the street, and it was open to traffic through the 5th century.; East Theater Street and a broad decumanus (an east-west street) terminated at an open paved court east of the theater scene building. The courtyard has an inscription reused in the floor. The letter cuttings were designed to receive cast bronze letters. It reads ""ERASTUS PRO AEDILITATE S P STRAVIT"" or ""Paved by Erastus at his own expense in return for his aedileship.” A chamberlain (oikonomos) of Corinth called Erastus was mentioned by the Apostle Paul in Romans 16.23. Many believe the inscription and Paul’s letter refer to the same person.","","","","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Theater District | East of Theater"
"Corinth","Monument","Corinth:Image:digital 2014  0888::/Corinth/Photos/digital/2014 season photos/2014_0888.jpg::0::0","","","","Corinth:Monument:Odeion","Odeion","","The Roman Odeion of Ancient Corinth was a small, indoor theatre intended for musical events and rhetorical competitions. It consisted of a semicircular orchestra surrounded by seating, a stage building, and two roofed parodoi. It is reckoned to have held an audience of about 3,000. Built in the 1st century A.D., it was remodelled in the mid-2nd century A.D., perhaps with money provided by the famous philanthropist Herodes Atticus. A courtyard surrounded by stoas was constructed to the north of the stage building, connecting the Odeion with the theatre and presenting the two buildings as a unified complex. In the third building phase (c. A.D. 225), a fire destroyed the north peristyle and part of the stage building. The Odeion was converted into a gladiatorial arena by cutting back the lowest eight rows of Orchestra seating. The stage building fell into disuse. The Odeion was finally destroyed and completely abandoned at the end of the 4th century A.D.","","","","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Central Area | Theater District | Odeion"
"Corinth","Monument","Corinth:Image:bw 1996 037 17::/Corinth/Photos/negatives/year_roll/1996_037/1996_sh_037_017.jpg::1800::1433","","","","Corinth:Monument:Panaghia Villa","Panaghia Villa","","Fourteen rooms of a large Late Roman town house, or domus, include two with intricate geometric mosaic floors and one with a central marble fountain. Of two peristyle courts within the building, one featured an internal stream running inside the colonnade. Another room contained a long concrete pool. ; The house was decorated with wall paintings and one small room contained a crèche of small scale sculpture. Dating the building’s use is problematic because very little material culture was preserved on the floors under the destruction horizon. While the mosaics suggested a date in the 2nd century A.D., the use fill of a well dates to the late 3rd century. Since the well went out of use with the construction of the walls built over it, the mosaics and their architectural setting should be later. When the long concrete pool was poured, the foundations cut a large pit containing pottery dating to the Tetrarchic period, possibly even as late as Constantine (c.274–337 A.D.). Coins in the destruction debris suggest that it burnt down before the end of the same century.","","","","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Panayia | Panayia Villa | Panaghia Villa"
"Corinth","Monument","Corinth:Drawing:083 001::/Corinth/Architectural_Plans/083_Panayia_Villa/083_001.jpg::1800::1430","","","","Corinth:Monument:Panayia Villa","Panayia Villa","","Fourteen rooms of a large Late Roman town house, or domus, include two with intricate geometric mosaic floors and one with a central marble fountain. Of two peristyle courts within the building, one featured an internal stream running inside the colonnade. Another room contained a long concrete pool. ; The house was decorated with wall paintings and one small room contained a crèche of small scale sculpture. Dating the building’s use is problematic because very little material culture was preserved on the floors under the destruction horizon. While the mosaics suggested a date in the 2nd century A.D., the use fill of a well dates to the late 3rd century. Since the well went out of use with the construction of the walls built over it, the mosaics and their architectural setting should be later. When the long concrete pool was poured, the foundations cut a large pit containing pottery dating to the Tetrarchic period, possibly even as late as Constantine (c.274–337 A.D.). Coins in the destruction debris suggest that it burnt down before the end of the same century.","","","","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Panayia | Panayia Villa"