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[Corinth Monument] 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 ...

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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, ...

[Corinth Monument] Pietri

A property named for the Pietri family.

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[Corinth Monument] Propylaia

Propylaia on the Lechaion Road: The Propylaia, the main entrance to the Forum, consisted of three archways: one main and two smaller ones. At the time of Pausanias the gilded bronze chariots of Helios ...

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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 ...

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[Corinth Monument] Quarries

Roman quarries opened within the city during the early Colony to the east and west of the Temple of Apollo.

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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 ...

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[Corinth Monument] Race Course and Platform

A raised platform to the south of two successive race tracks may have been used for pale and pankrateion. The path Hellenistic phase of the race course caused the platform retaining wall to be slightly ...

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[Corinth Monument] Roman Bath (Great Bath on the Lechaion Road)

On his way from the forum north along the Lechaion road, Pausanias discusses one of the many bath houses in the city:

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[Corinth Monument] Roman Villa, Shear's

The remains of the villa are located about 1 km west of the theater. The villa is remarkable for the mosaic floors which are now house in the museum. One portrays a cowherd leaning against a tree playing ...

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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 ...