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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 ...

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[Corinth Monument] East Stoa, west of Lechaion Road

The East Stoa is the name early excavators gave to the Lechaion Road Basilica.

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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, ...

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[Corinth Monument] Old Museum

This is the first museum bought by the American School of Classical Studies to house the finds of the excavations. It now serves as storage for artifacts.

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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 ...

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[Corinth Monument] Peribolos of Apollo

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, ...

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[Corinth Monument] Temple A

Temple A is a Classical and Hellenistic structure which lay partly under the shops along the east side of the Lechaion Road and partly under the Peribolos of Apollo. Preserved are the foundations of a ...