On the Mycenaean Trail

Location: Archaia Korinthos, Greece (written in Argos, Greece)
Mood: Bloated
NP: Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust

Corinth
Tickets: 12€, students enter for free
Time: 2-3 hours

Temple of Apollo

There is evidence (pottery) that the area of Ancient Corinth (from which the modern city of Corinth is located about 5 km northeast) has been inhabited as early as 6500 BC, but the area seems to have been only sparsely inhabited immediately before the Mycenaean period.

There are myths about the founding of the city of Corinth (either by Corinthos, a descendant of Zeus, or by Ephyra, daughter of Titan Oceanus) and in the Iliad the Corinthians followed Agamemnon to war against Troy. Now all that remains are extensive but compact ruins by a friendly small village with hotels and restaurants.

The ruins are dominated by the pillars from the temple of Apollo that was built on the ruins of an earlier temple. When once the temple was supported by 38 pillars, now only seven stand. High up above the worthwhile museum, on the mountain, looms the fortress of Acrocorinth.

Fortress on the mountain

Ancient Corinth has some excellent ruins that are very easy to visit from the village of Archaia Korinthos that sits right by the ruins. Stop by at the impressively deep Corinth canal if you're coming from the direction of Athens by land.