2.3.5 – Corinthian waterworks

[5] λουτρὰ δὲ ἔστι μὲν πολλαχοῦ Κορινθίοις καὶ ἄλλα, τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ κοινοῦ τὸ δὲ βασιλέως Ἀδριανοῦ, κατασκευάσαντος: τὸ δὲ ὀνομαστότατον αὐτῶν πλησίον τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. τοῦτο δὲ Εὐρυκλῆς ἐποίησεν ἀνὴρ Σπαρτιάτης λίθοις κοσμήσας καὶ ἄλλοις καὶ ὃν ἐν Κροκεαῖς χώρας τῆς Λακωνικῆς ὀρύσσουσιν. ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ τῆς ἐσόδου Ποσειδῶν καὶ μετ᾽ αὐτὸν Ἄρτεμις θηρεύουσα ἕστηκε. κρῆναι δὲ πολλαὶ μὲν ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν πεποίηνται πᾶσαν ἅτε ἀφθόνου ῥέοντός σφισιν ὕδατος καὶ ὃ δὴ βασιλεὺς Ἀδριανὸς ἐσήγαγεν ἐκ Στυμφήλου, θέας δὲ μάλιστα ἀξία ἡ παρὰ τὸ ἄγαλμα τὸ τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος: καί οἱ Βελλεροφόντης ἔπεστι καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ δι᾽ ὁπλῆς ἵππου ῥεῖ τοῦ Πηγάσου.

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Places Named in Pausanias’ description of Corinth (Google Earth): Sparta, Croceae, Lake Stymphalus

Latrine, Baths of Eurycles, Corinth
Latrine, Baths of Eurycles, Corinth. Photograph by James Herbst. Corinth Excavations Digital 2014 0877.
Bust of Hadrian (117-138 CE)
Bust of Hadrian (117-138 CE). Capitoline Museums, Rome. Photograph by Marie-Lan Nguyen. Wikimedia Commons.
Aerial view of Lake Stymphalus
Panorama of a closed karst basin. Lake Stymphalus. Photograph by Nojos88. Wikimedia Commons.
Lake Stymphalus, looking west
Lake Stymphalus, Peloponnese, May 2006. View south-west towards Oligirthos Mountains (1934m). The lake wetlands are a favorite stopping place for migratory birds. Photograph by ulrichstill. Wikimedia Commons.