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[Agora Monument] Cemetery of the Geometric Period

Funerary Unknown Stone Reburied, originally undisturbed ... 8th to 6th B.C ... Site | By Area | West | Tholos Complex | Early Cemetery South of the Tholos

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[Corinth Monument] Race Course

The remains of two successive stadia (race tracks) lie beneath the Roman forum. The apheteria (starting blocks) of both, lie directly to the west of the Julian Basilica. The orientation of the two phases ... The remains of two ... lie beneath the Roman forum. The apheteria

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[Corinth Monument] Peirene

Peirene is an important center of symbolism and tradition in the urban landscape of both Greek and Roman Corinth. Human activity is attested in the area from the Neolithic period, and the first efforts ... Neolithic period, and the first ... period. The facility was ... period, the facade had Doric

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[Corinth Monument] Acrocorinth

Acrocorinth (575 meters high) was described by the Roman historian Polybius as one of the “fetters of Greece” because it controlled not only the route across the Isthmus, but also the pass between the ... Modern periods. Within the ... high) was described by the ... one of the “fetters of

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[Corinth Monument] Korakou

Korakou is a hill (260x115m) 35m above sea level overlooking the Corinthian Gulf at the western end of the city of New Corinth. Blegen excavated here in the summers of 1915 and 1916. He used the results ... the end of the LH period as ... in the Archaic period ... overlooking the Corinthian Gulf at

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[Corinth Monument] Glauke

The fountain of Glauke, a large cubic mass of limestone, was formed when the surrounding bedrock was quarried away. Originally, the fountain was contained within a long limestone ridge running west from ... tiles in the Roman period ... The fountain of Glauke, ... limestone, was formed when the

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[Corinth Monument] Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore

Excavations on the north slopes of Acrocorinth in the 1960’s and 70’s revealed a mass of small dining rooms both above and below and ancient road leading to Acrocorinth. They were arranged in parallel ... Hellenistic period. In the Roman period refurbishment of the ... Excavations on the north

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[Corinth Monument] Theater

The theater was a place in which dramatic and musical events were staged. In the Roman period staged fighting was added. The theater has several phases. The original structure was built late in the 5th ... the Roman period staged ... Hellenistic period. Early in the ... The theater was a place

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[Corinth Monument] Baths of Aphrodite

This was the name given, from the 19th century on, to a spring and cave in the former pleasure garden of the Ottoman Beys’ palace. It is located due north of the Forum on the line of the Lechaion Road ... This was the name given, from the 19th century on, to a spring and cave in the

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[Corinth Monument] Punic Amphora Building

The Punic Amphora Building was a commercial establishment located near a busy intersection of three roads. Dating to the mid-5th century B.C., the building contained many tons of fragments of transport ... during this period was the hub ... The Punic Amphora ... to the mid-5th century

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[Corinth Monument] Delphi

Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. In myths dating to the classical period of Ancient Greece (510-323 ... in Greece on the ... in the valley of Phocis. In myths dating to the

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[Corinth Monument] Circular Monument

At the east end of the Central Shops, immediately to the south of the apheteria (starting lines) of the Classical and Hellenistic stadia (running tracks), the original Circular Monument may date to the ... the Classical period. The ... Severan periods. The Circular ... At the east end of the

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[Corinth Monument] St. John's

The church of St. Johns stood until 1938 when it was demolished to complete the excavation of the Forum to Roman levels. The original church was part of a thirteenth century monastic complex at the west ... the Ottoman period to the ... The church of St. Johns ... demolished to complete the

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[Corinth Monument] Lechaion Road

The main north-south artery (cardo maximus) of the Roman city ultimately linked the Agora of Corinth with the harbor of Lechaion on the Corinthian gulf 3 kilometers to the north. In the time of Augustus, ... period). To the east of this ... The main north-south artery (cardo maximus) of the

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[Corinth Monument] Forum

The Forum, lying at the heart of the Roman City was the commercial and administrative center of the city. Its orientation conforms to the surviving Classical and Hellenistic buildings, such as the South ... Period. The entire area, almost ... The Forum, lying at the heart of the Roman City was

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[Corinth Monument] Kraneion

This ancient suburb of Corinth lay to the east of the city near the line of the city wall. Here Pausanias saw the tomb of Diogenes the Cynic of Sinope. Nearby, the grave of the famous courtesan Lais was ... Corinth lay to the east of the city near the line of the ... saw the tomb of Diogenes

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[Corinth Monument] Julian Basilica

The Julian Basilica closes the east end of the Roman forum. It was a two story structure with cryptoporticus below and a peristyle hall above. The basilica was built in the early years of the 1st century ... Antonine period. The remains of ... The Julian Basilica closes the east end of the

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[Corinth Monument] Sacred Spring

The Sacred Spring was a sanctuary rather than a public water source. The Sacred Spring complex has a long history lasting from the early 8th century B.C into the Hellenistic period with several phases ... The Sacred Spring was a ... water source. The Sacred ... history lasting from the early

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[Corinth Monument] Baths of Eurykles

Pausanias calls a bath beyond Peirene on the Lechaion Road the most famous of the many baths in Corinth. Near the entrance stood statues of Poseidon, Leucothea, Palaimon on a dolphin and Artemis hunting ... beyond Peirene on the Lechaion Road the most famous of the ... the entrance stood statues

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[Corinth Monument] Gymnasium Fountain of Lamps

To the west of the Gymnasium a bath-and-fountain complex was built in a natural valley artificially enlarged in antiquity. In its earliest phase the supply of spring water was enhanced by tunneling horizontally ... of the Lamps | Gymnasium