| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Monument | |
| Name: | Peribolos of Apollo | |
| Description: | The court to the north of Peirene was identified by Pausanias as the “Peribolos of Apollo” in which was an image of the god and a painting depicting Odysseus on his return from Troy expelling his wife, Penelope’s, suitors. The painting may appropriately relate to Peirene as, according to one tradition, Peirene was Penelope’s aunt. The rectangular court, built in the first century A.D. measures approximately 32 m. by 23 m. and was surrounded by a marble Ionic colonnade set on a stylobate of Acrocorinth limestone. The colonnade was unpaved until it received a mosaic floor in the third century. An dedicatory inscription preserves only that part of the inscription that a member of the tribe Aemilia was the benefactor. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Plans and Drawings (41) Images (1,023) Objects (63) Notebook: 74 Notebook: 119 Notebook: 120 |
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