Acrocorinth
The towering citadel rock above Corinth, sacred to Aphrodite and site of her famous temple.
The Story of Acrocorinth
Rising nearly 600 metres above the city of Corinth, Acrocorinth was the religious and military high ground of one of Greece's wealthiest cities. The summit was home to a celebrated temple of Aphrodite, where sacred prostitution was reportedly practised, though ancient sources exaggerate the scale. Sisyphus, the cunning king of Corinth, was said to have fortified the rock and used its spring Peirene to water his city. The site also marks where Pegasus was first tamed by Bellerophon at the spring of Peirene.
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The spring of Peirene on Acrocorinth was said to have sprung up where Pegasus struck the ground with his hoof.
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