1000Places : photos : 2006 - Greece : CORINTH, GREECE - Corinth's museum also displayed an incredible mosaic honoring Dionysos - the Greek god of wine and theater. It once graced the wall of a local Roman villa in the 2nd century A.D.- powered by SmugMug

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1000places > CORINTH, GREECE - Inside the Corinth museum we found more headless statues. There seemed to be far more stone bodies on display than there were heads.

1000places > CORINTH, GREECE - Corinth's museum also displayed an incredible mosaic honoring Dionysos - the Greek god of wine and theater. It once graced the wall of a local Roman villa in the 2nd century A.D.

1000places > THE CORINTH (GREECE) CANAL - Corinth sits at the neck of a narrow isthmus between the Ionian and Aegean Seas. A canal to link the two seas was first proposed in the 6th century B.C., but nothing came of it until the emperor Nero struck the first blow with a golden pickaxe in 67 A.D. But it took 1826 years before technology and a French engineering company could complete the channel. Today it is too narrow for most merchant vessels.

1000places > ARACHOVA, GREECE - After leaving Corinth and the Peloponnese region, we traveled to Arachova, a small ski resort town, population 4,000, that seems to cling precariously to the side of Mount Parnassos. Here we had lunch.

1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - We arrived in Delphi in time to see a beautiful sunset over the Gulf of Corinth. At the end of the village's main street, an array of flags represent the countries that visited Greece during the Summer Olympics 2004. The statue commemorates the eternal Olympic flame carried through the village on its way to Athens.

1000places > DELPHI, GREECE: THE SACRED SITE OF THE ORACLE - We entered the mystical ruins of Delphi. Some say the spirit of Apollo still drifts through the pillars of the ancient temple once inhabited by the Oracle, the priestess who sat admist vapors and muttered prophecies that often guided the course of nations.

1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Central among the Delphi ruins is the Temple of Apollo, first built around the 7th century B.C., rebuilt after a fire in the 6th century B.C., destroyed in 373 B.C. by an earthquake, and rebuilt for a third time in 330 B.C. Today only the foundation and six doric columns remain.

1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Visitors seeking the Oracle's guidance would ascend to the Temple of Apollo via the Sacred Way, a curving path of switchbacks up the hillside. Entering the path, they would first pass a marketplace, then nearly 3,000 statues along the way.

1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Also along the Sacred Way, pilgrims would pass by numerous "treasuries" where the gifts of grateful beneficiaries of the Oracle's guidance would be stored. The most impressive is the Treasury of Athens, built to commemorate the Athenians' victory over the Persians at Marathon.

CORINTH, GREECE - Corinth's museum also displayed an incredible mosaic honoring Dionysos - the Greek god of wine and theater. It once graced the wall of a local Roman villa in the 2nd century A.D.

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