. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. in the Doric colunii:is, conjectured, but on insufficient grounds, to be-long to the tem]3le of Athena Chalinitis (2and in the X. foundations,supposed to be of the Temple of Apollo 3): of the Roman town in theE., an amphitheatre, and the ruins apparently of some baths. TheAcrocorinthus (a) was partly enclosed vdth walls : in the greater part of its circuit it was inacces-sible from its cliffs ; thesummit is not perfectlylevel, but rises intocrests: it was oncecovered with buildingsnow i
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. in the Doric colunii:is, conjectured, but on insufficient grounds, to be-long to the tem]3le of Athena Chalinitis (2and in the X. foundations,supposed to be of the Temple of Apollo 3): of the Roman town in theE., an amphitheatre, and the ruins apparently of some baths. TheAcrocorinthus (a) was partly enclosed vdth walls : in the greater part of its circuit it was inacces-sible from its cliffs ; thesummit is not perfectlylevel, but rises intocrests: it was oncecovered with buildingsnow in ruins; the ancienttemple of Venus stood onthe E. crest, but all tracesof it have vanished. Thecelebrated fountain ofPeirene ^S, still remains:the chief spring is on thesummit of the Acrocor-inthus : two other springsin the city were supposed to be connected with it. and were also known So celebrated was this fountain, that Pindar describes Onrinth as the cityof Peirene :— Totcrt fjiCLV e^evxer a- • oret ITetpaia? <T<^^T4povMei/ Trarpb? apxav /cat paBvtKAapoi/ € Kal Fountain o Olymp. xiii. 85. Euripides Chap. XXI]. COPJXTH. 435 by the name of Peireue—one being at the foot of the Acrocorinthus,and now named Mustapha; the other, F<iJ!ho, on the road to Le-chffium. Outside the walls^ on the E., was the suburb of Craneum (b) , the favourite residence of the wealthy citizens. Lecliaeiiin (c) , was the chief station of the ships of war/and the emporium ofthe traffic with the W. coasts of Greece and Italy ; the site of theport, which was artificial, is now a lagoon. Cenchreae, distant about8J miles, was the emporiumof the trade with Asia, andwas a natural port improvedby moles: the name ofKeTiliries is still attached tothe site, but no town existsthere. Corinth was one ofthe earliest seats of Greekart : painting is said to havebeen invented there : themost ornate style of Greek architecture still bears the name of Cor-inthian: statuary also flourish
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