High above the ancient city of Corinth is a castle with walls dating back to the 4th century BC. It was besieged by Crusaders, Ottomans, and Venetians, and is the site of the myth of the Pegasus.
Corinth is the castle, fortress, and former acropolis called Acrocorinth, meaning upper Corinth. It was conquered by Demetrius "The Beseiger" of Macedon in the 4th century BC. The castle was later in the hands of the Romans, and refortified by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century ad. In antiquity if it was famous for a large temple and statue of Aphrodite.
The fortress was taken by the Crusaders during the 4th crusade, in 1210 A.D., and was conquered again by the Ottomans in 1458, and held by the Venetians in 1687.
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