The Upper Peirene ancient cistern of Ancient Corinth.
Acrocorinth (upper Corinth), Greece
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Acrocorinth (upper Corinth), Greece
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#Archaeology #AncientGreece
In a local myth (Description of Greece, Pausanias), Briareus, one of the Hecatonchires, was the arbitrator in a dispute between Poseidon and Helios, between sea and sun: he adjudged the Isthmus of Corinth to belong to Poseidon and the acropolis of Corinth to be sacred to Helios.
Acrocorinth (the acropolis of Corinth)- continuously occupied from archaic times to the early 19th century- rises about 1800 feet above the surrounding plain. At the highest summit once was the Temple of Aphrodite ( famous for its alleged temple prostitution).
©yiannis mitos
©yiannis mitos
"The spring, which is behind the temple, they say was the gift of Asopus to Sisyphus. The latter knew that Zeus had ravished Aegina, the daughter of Asopus, but refused to give information to the seeker before he had a spring given him on the Acrocorinthus." (Pausanias, 2.5.1).
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