Fountain of Peirene, Corinth, Greece

A detail of the Fountain of Peirene, on April 15, 2007 in Corinth, Greece. An irrigation Channel from the Fountain of Peirene is seen here in the afternoon light. This chief source of water for Ancient Corinth was remodelled by the Romans into a fountain complex, with Ionic colums which were added in the 3rd century AD.It is said to mark the spot where the nymph Peirene was turned into a spring by the tears she shed in mourning for her son. Corinth, founded in Neolithic times, was a major Ancient Greek city, until it was razed by the Romans in 146 BC

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