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The citadel of ancient city of Korinth (Corinth); strategic in the control of the Isthmus of Korinth.
The traveler and historian, Pausanias (fl. 160 CE) described the Akrokorinth as mountain peak above the city which was assigned to Helios (the Sun); on the way to the summit there were two precincts dedicated to Isis: 1) Isis Pelagian, i.e. Isis of the Sea, and 2) the Egyptian Isis; another Egyptian deity represented on the Akrokorinth was Serapis.
On the summit of the Akrokorinth was the temple of Aphrodite (goddess of Love) with images of Aphrodite, Helios and Eros (the primal god of Love); the spring behind the temple was said to have been created by the river god, Asopos (Asopus) as a reward to king Sisyphus for informing the river god that Zeus had abducted his daughter, Aegina.
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