The Archaeological Museum
Display cases groan under the weight of the famous Corinthian pottery, decorated with red-and-black figures of birds, animals, and gods and humans, often in procession. Among the city’s chief exports was black figure pottery, the most common style of ancient Greek vases, in which figures turn black after firing. Given the city’s prominence as a port, the wares of Corinthian potters could be found throughout the ancient world. From the Roman city come several mosaics, including a delightful one in which Pan pipes away to a clutch of cows. The museum keeps an extensive collection of graphic representations of afflicted body parts from the Shrine of Asclepius (god of medicine) behind closed doors; if you express a scholarly interest, a guard may unlock the room for you.
Display cases groan under the weight of the famous Corinthian pottery, decorated with red-and-black figures of birds, animals, and gods and humans, often in procession. Among the city’s chief exports was black figure pottery, the most common style of ancient Greek vases, in which figures turn black after firing. Given the city’s prominence as a port, the wares of Corinthian potters could be found throughout the ancient world. From the Roman city come several mosaics, including a delightful one in which Pan pipes away to a clutch of cows. The museum keeps an extensive collection of graphic representations of afflicted body parts from the Shrine of Asclepius (god of medicine) behind closed doors; if you express a scholarly interest, a guard may unlock the room for you.
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