Pleiades Lat/Lon: 37.75° N, 22.75° E Error: 21.37 km.
570380 Kraneion
In Pausanias (ii.2.4) : "As one goes up to Corinth are tombs, and by the gate is buried Diogenes of Sinope, whom the Greeks surname the Dog. Before the city is a grove of cypresses called Craneum. Here are a precinct of Bellerophontes, a temple of Aphrodite Melaenis and the grave of Lais, upon which is set a lioness holding a ram in her fore-paws."
Frazer enlarges on this passage from P. in Frazer [1913] 18, 'a grove of cypresses named Craneum.' which the reader may find here.
For more classical texts see Topostext here
The Kraneion is best understood as a suburb to ancient Corinth, on the east of the city and just outside its gates. The K. also contained a cemetery (it was, notably, the burial place of Diogenes the Cynic).
Later it was the site of a large basilica and it is the basilica which is marked here.
The American School of Classical Studies provides a description as well as an archive of photographs here and the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth has a brief description of the basilica with photographs here.
Biblio
Frazer [1913] : Frazer, F.G., Pausanias's Description of Greece, Vol. III; Commentary on Books II-V, MacMillan and Co., Limited, London. 1913.
Map on the right shows Pleiades' position as 'P'. 'P+' represents the corrected position.
Kraneion 570380
Corrected Lat/Lon: 37.9046° N, 22.8948° E
Pleiades Lat/Lon: 37.75° N, 22.75° E Error: 21.37 km.
570380 Kraneion In Pausanias (ii.2.4) : "As one goes up to Corinth are tombs, and by the gate is buried Diogenes of Sinope, whom the Greeks surname the Dog. Before the city is a grove of cypresses called Craneum. Here are a precinct of Bellerophontes, a temple of Aphrodite Melaenis and the grave of Lais, upon which is set a lioness holding a ram in her fore-paws." Frazer enlarges on this passage from P. in Frazer [1913] 18, 'a grove of cypresses named Craneum.' which the reader may find here. For more classical texts see Topostext here The Kraneion is best understood as a suburb to ancient Corinth, on the east of the city and just outside its gates. The K. also contained a cemetery (it was, notably, the burial place of Diogenes the Cynic). Later it was the site of a large basilica and it is the basilica which is marked here. The American School of Classical Studies provides a description as well as an archive of photographs here and the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth has a brief description of the basilica with photographs here. Biblio Frazer [1913] : Frazer, F.G., Pausanias's Description of Greece, Vol. III; Commentary on Books II-V, MacMillan and Co., Limited, London. 1913.
Map on the right shows Pleiades' position as 'P'.
'P+' represents the corrected position.