Ancient Corinth
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Corinth was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese peninsula to mainland Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta. The modern city of Co
Reconstruction of the city of Corinth
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The Temple of Apollo was built in the Doric order on the ruins of earlier temple, being a good example of peripteral temple, supported by 38 columns, 7 of which are still in place.
The archeological site located close to Temple of Apollo.
Corinthian helmet
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The Corinthian helmet originated in ancient Greece and took its name from the city-state of Corinth. It was a helmet made of bronze which in its later styles covered the entire head and neck, with sli
Ancient Corinth
…400 soldiers to defend Thermopylae and supplying forty warships for the Battle of Salamis under Adeimantos and 5,000 hoplites with their characteristic Corinthian helmets) in the following Battle of Plataea. The Greeks obtained the surrender of Theban collaborators with the Persians. Pausanias took them to Corinth where…
Bronze Corinthian helmet, c. 500 BCE, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 4330)
Italo-Corinthian helmet, Getty Villa
Bust of Pericles with Corinthian helmet, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 430 BC