"Id","Redirect","Chronology","Type","Collection","dc-creator","Icon","dc-subject","dc-publisher","Name","UserLevel","dc-date","dc-description","dc-title"
"Corinth:Monument:Amphitheater","","","Monument","Corinth","","Corinth:Image:digital 2014  0901::/Corinth/Photos/digital/2014 season photos/2014_0901.jpg::0::0","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, East | Kraneion | Amphitheater","","Amphitheater","","","A large oval depression (79 meters long x 52 meters wide) in the fields 1.2 kilometers east-north-east of the Temple of Apollo is a remnant of the Roman amphitheater. A broad gap probably marks the Porta Triumphalis on the south side. Traces of a massive masonry and concrete wall which originally supported the superstructure are visible in the olive grove on the southeast and southwest sides. These suggest exterior dimensions of approximately 100 x 70 meters. Early last century four steps were visible, quarried from the oolitic limestone dune capping the marl deposits. These were either the seats themselves or cuttings for the placement of separately carved seats since robbed out. An early 19th century plan marks traces of seven staircases. The spacing suggests that these divided lower seating on each side into six kerkides, wedge-shaped seating areas. A diazoma, or horizontal walkway, may have divided the upper seating from the lower. The lowest part of the seating was cut into the marl and both this and the superstructure above ground were presumably built of stone quarried on site.; Katherine Welch who studied the superficial remains of the amphitheater has suggested that it was built in the late 1st century B.C. and thus belongs to the early years of the colony. It is possible that this is the amphitheater in which Lucius, the hero of The Golden Ass (written by the Roman author Apuleius), was to perform in public but was saved from embarrassment when he was transformed from a donkey back into a man.; The Amphitheater was later used by the Venetians as a place of quarantine (lazaretto). The remains were mapped by Francesco Grimani in 1700 and Abel Blouet, a surveyor with the French Morea expedition, in the 1830’s.",""
"Corinth:Monument:Kenchrean Gate","","","Monument","Corinth","","Corinth:Image:bw 1970 002 11::/Corinth/Photos/negatives/year_roll/1970_002/1970_st_002_011.jpg::1199::1800","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, East | Kraneion | Kenchrean Gate","","Kenchrean Gate","","","",""
"Corinth:Monument:Kraneion","","","Monument","Corinth","","Corinth:Image:bw  3365::/Corinth/Photos/negatives/3000-3999/3365_gp.jpg::1800::1345","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, East | Kraneion | Kraneion","","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 surmounted by a statue of a lioness with a ram in her fore paws. There were also sanctuaries of Bellerophon and Aphrodite Melaenis. The name Kraneion may have been a corruption of “Karneion” which has led to discussion that it took its name from Karneus, a son of Zeus and Europa and that, like the Spartans, the Corinthians celebrated the Karneia festival.; Several small excavations have taken place in the area. Sites excavated include a cemetery and Christian basilica at the Kenchreian Gate, the Justinianic Wall and several graves dating to the Classical period.",""
"Corinth:Monument:Kraneion Basilica","","","Monument","Corinth","","Corinth:Image:bw  2226::/Corinth/Photos/negatives/2000-2999/2226_gp.jpg::1800::1235","Corinthia | Ancient Corinth | Ancient Corinth, East | Kraneion | Kraneion Basilica","","Kraneion Basilica","","","The Kraneion Basilica resembles the Lechaion Basilica but at a much smaller scale. It lacks an atrium but does have a baptistery on its north side. It is a cemetery church with ample evidence of vaulted brick built cist graves over a large area to the south and west. Within burial monuments have been added to and access the aisles. A complete Sigma Table was found in the cemetery to the south. The date of this basilica is considered to be 6th century and the lamps, pitchers and coins in the graves indicate that burial continued well into the 7th century.",""