Whéft Xerxés häd defeated the party, which guarded the fttait
o f Tfeërihëpyfe* thé Pelopónnéfiaris firft deftroyed the Scirööia»
way,> and théli erefted 3 wäll acrofs the Ifthmus from the feä o f
Cènehiéte to that óf Lechaeum.
A d ispu t e in which the Roman fenate interpofed produced*
a war equally fatal to Grecian liberty and to Corinth. The
general o f the Achseans was defeated, and flying into Arcadia
abandoned this city. Lucius Mummius, who commanded the
Roman atmy, apprehenfive ó f tome ftratagem,. did not enter
until the third day, though the gates flood open. The Cdrih-
thiaris were put to the fwörd or fibldPas capdves, and th é 'city'
pillaged and fubvérted. The hiftorian Polybius, who was prefent,
fattiëntSj among other articles, the unworthy treatment o f the
Offerings-, and works o f art * relating, that he few exqüiftte and
fathous pictures thrown neglectfully on the ground, and the
ibldiefs playing on them with dice. The prCtious-fpoil Was
among the prime ornaments o f Röme, and ó f the places, in
Which it was dMpCrfed. The town lay defolate 'tihtil Julius
-Casfar fettled there a Roman colony, when, in moving the
fubbifh and ‘digging, many vafes Were found, -of braft 'or earth
finely Héöiböffed. The price given für f helfe cUriofities edited
inddfltfy in the nöw inhäbitätits. Théy left no burying-place
iünfésöHiihedi 'ähdRöme, 'itfs fa id, was filled'With fhe ftifniture
ó f fhefé^ulchrés of Corlrith.
;St »Äe0 Was at -Corinth fb6n Jafter its 'reftoratión by the
Romans. He deferibes theflte,' ‘ds fóllöWs. Aridity tilotin-
“ tain, in perpendicular height as much as three ftadia and a
“ half’, the afcent thirty ftadia % ends -in a pointed lummit
“ caHéd Acrocorinthus. O f this the portion to the north is
“ the Uioft1 fteep, beneath which lies the city oh a level area,
“ at the foot o f the Acrocorinthus. The circuit of the city
* Three miles and three quarters.
“ alone
* Near half a mile.
m alone has been - forty ftadia V and* as much of it as was un-
« fheltered by the mountain has been wailed about. Within
« the iriclofure was comprehended alfo the Acrocorinthus,
m where the mountain was capable of receiving a wall j and,
et a.s we afeended, the veftiges -were plain j fo that the whole
m •circumference exceeded eighty- five ftadia*. On the other
“ fides, -the momvtain i6 lefs fteep,but rifes very high, and Is
«* vifiWe &ll around; Upon the ffummit is a final! tempi© o f
“ .IVCnus i; and below It;, the % in g Pirene*; which doe* -n©£
« overflow, but is always afhël eff pellucM anp potable water-.
“ They fey, it mutes-with-fome othf r hidden veins Undifovms
“ thefpring at the mountain foot; ranni^s iwtó? the city and
« affording a- ftrfSeient fupply for thfeTuib' of the inhabitants.
« In the city is plenty of wells* and in; the Acrocorinthus,
« .as they- fey, €or w e did not fee any.^-There/they relate, the
“ winged horie Pegafus was taken, as 'he rWasr drinking, by
■ fa Belkrophom-^Below Pirene is the Sifyphéum, 'feme temple
“ for palace df white ftone* the .remains not irtconfideMbk,
“ From the fummit is beheld to 'th e north ParnaffuS» and
“ Helicon*, lofty mountains covered; with -fndw j 'and1 bélów
“ both} to ffie weft; the
“ -rReeoriaimid the Megatis* and by < Cófinthiab an#1 iSfcyonlsi
^Ldppgfitevto Phocis. Beyondi'aR tbefe are mcwjntaks
^noalled the Oneian,. ftretching . as far as -Béeotia and Cifbairom
the^cironian rodk« onthemad to-Attieaitiii^SttabdfeW
!ilifceWifê Gleonsé Trom fhence. - Cenchses©'was then a -village,*
Lechseum-had feme inhabitants. •
k m *m Görihdr■ had fkurifhed two hundred and feventeen i
years when it • :was vifited by Paufenias. It had then i few
anriqurties, many temples and fiatues, efpecialfyi abbutr-the
Agora -or market-plate, and feveral baths. The emperdr
Hadrian introduced water ,from a famous fprittg at StymphSlUS
in Arcadiaj and it had various fountains alike copious and
v»"*;-Five‘miles. * More than ten miles and a half.
ornamental^