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Acrocorinthus |
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Acrocorinthus (ăk'rōkərĭn`thəs), acropolis, or citadel, of Corinth Corinth (kŏr`ĭnth) or Kórinthos ..... Click the link for more information. , overlooking the ancient city. Some ruins of the acropolis remain. The Acrocorinthus was the site of a temple of Aphrodite. It was strongly fortified in the Middle Ages. Below gushed the fountain of Pirene, from which, in legend, Pegasus Pegasus, in Greek mythology, winged horse that carries the thunderbolt of Zeus. He sprang full-grown from the neck of the dying Gorgon Medusa. With a slash of his hoof, he created the Hippocrene, a sacred spring of the Muses on Mt. Helicon. ..... Click the link for more information. was drinking when captured by Bellerophon. |
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