Corinthe était très riche durant l'antiquité, les vestiges qui nous sont parvenus et que l'on peut voir au site archéologique en témoignent.
La ville devait en partie sa prospérité à une position privilégiée : carrefour entre l'Attique et le Péloponnèse et entre la mer Egée et la mer Ionienne.
Les corinthiens fondèrent plusieurs colonies pour faciliter leur commerce, dont à Leucade, à Corfou et surtout Syracuse en Sicile.
Dans le monde antique, l'opulence de Corinthe était célèbre, comme ses centaines de courtisanes qui exerçaient la prostitution sacrée dans le temple d'Aphrodite.
Temple d'Apollon
Il reste 7 des 38 colonnes de ce temple du VIe siècle avant JC.







Temple d'Octave

Construit sous l'empire romain
Rue de l'Echaion


Cette voie rejoignait le port
Fontaine Pirène






La fontaine Pirène fut construite au VIe siècle avant JC, remanié plus tard, dont par les romains
Vestiges de l'Agora de Corinthe











Musée de Corinthe


Mosaïques


Hermès
Un soldat romain


Représentation des combats contre des Amazones qui ornaient la façade du théâtre











