ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ANCIENT CORINTH
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Within the archaeological site of ancient Corinth. Highlights: large kouroi (statues) from the century BC.
This museum (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Αρχαίας Κορίνθου/Archaiologiko Mousio Archaias Korinthou) brings together discoveries made on the territory of the ancient city of Corinth. The 1932 building is designed like an ancient villa, around an atrium featuring Greek and Roman statues. The first section is devoted to the area before the city was founded. It features Neolithic funerary objects and a crater (a vase used to flavour wine) from the Mycenaean period, decorated with a painting of warriors on a chariot (c. 1200 BC). The most interesting section is that on Corinth before its destruction by the Romans in 146 B.C. It focuses on the role of trade and contains, in particular, a superb pair of large kouroi (statues of young men) and a marble sphinx dating from the 6th century B.C. Another section is devoted to discoveries made in the remains of the temple of Asclepius (6th century), located to the south of the archaeological site but not open to visitors. On display here are terracotta offerings representing parts of the body (hands, arms, etc.) that were associated with requests for healing made to the god of Medicine. Finally, the Roman section houses a fine mosaic of Dionysus (2nd century), which adorned the floor of a villa, and statues of members of Emperor Augustus' family (1st century), which were housed in the Basilica Julia.
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