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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Corinth, Peloponnese, Greeceen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 680 BCE-175 CE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Greek (ancient))en_US
dc.date-680-175en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T18:03:50Z
dc.date.available2013-03-20T18:03:50Z
dc.date.issued-680-175en_US
dc.identifier202163en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1098en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/109925
dc.descriptionTemple of Apollo, tight view along the west flank; The first evidence of monumental stone architecture is a sanctuary of Apollo erected ca. 680 BCE at the centre of the city. The temple of the sanctuary had no peristyle but did have a tiled, hipped roof. Between 580 and 540 BCE it was replaced by a temple (now ruined) in the developed Doric style. Corinth was well known for its fountains, many of which were restored in the Roman period. Lower Peirene was of more than local renown. Originally a spring gushing from a cliff face, it was altered through the years into a fountain-house with four long reservoirs, from which the water flowed into drawbasins. The Romans re-established the cult of Aphrodite on Acrocorinth. The Temple of Apollo, the fountain-house of Lower Peirene and the south stoa were reused by the Romans but drastically altered. Podium temples dedicated to Aphrodite, Apollo and Tyche lined the west side of the forum, with a central space allowing access to the west shops behind and Temple E above them and beyond. The city had an odeion (late 1st century CE, rebuilt 175 CE) and an amphitheatre that served for public entertainment. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/27/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectRoman Empireen_US
dc.subjectGreek (ancient)en_US
dc.subjectImperial (Roman)en_US
dc.subjectHellenisticen_US
dc.titleCorinth [Ancient Greek and Roman site]en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-G-C-C2en_US
vra.culturalContextGreek (ancient) Ancient Romanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
vra.worktypeagoraen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Greek and Roman (ancient))en_US


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