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This expansion not only included the creation of the Lion Gate and Postern Gate, but also the inclusion of Grave Circle A within the walls of the citadel. [1] [3] The Postern Gate in the back of the citadel was believed to be a back entrance for citizens from the surrounding area to enter in times of attack. [3]
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In a Corinthian myth related in the 2nd century CE to Pausanias, Briareus, one of the Hecatoncheires, was the arbitrator in a dispute between Poseidon (the sea) and Helios (the sun): His verdict was that the Isthmus of Corinth belonged to Poseidon and the acropolis of Corinth (Acrocorinth) to Helios. [2]
Excluding the corner blocks, each side of the temple was composed of twenty-three intermediate blocks. [7] At the centre of the temple, beyond the colonnade, there would have been the hall of worship (naos), a windowless rectangular room, similar to the partly intact hall at the Temple of Hephaestus.
Isthmia is located on the key land route connecting Athens and central Greece with Corinth and the Peloponnese.Its location on the Isthmus, between the major Corinthian ports of Lechaeum on the Gulf of Corinth and Cenchreae on the Saronic Gulf, made Isthmia a natural site for the worship of Poseidon, god of the sea and also of mariners.
In a long-vacant cinder-block warehouse on the Northeast Side, a local company is seeking to revolutionize Columbus housing. There, in the former Value City warehouse and Schottenstein's store ...
Cyclopean masonry, backside of the Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece. Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and with clay mortar or [1] no use of mortar.
The strategic fortress of Isthmia, taking advantage of favorable terrain, was located to the southern side of the Hexamilion wall, north-east of the Poseidon Sanctuary. [3] The wall was constructed with a rubble and mortar core faced with squared stones. The blocks on the northern facade were larger and coalesced with more carefully implemented ...