Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth

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The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth was a temple in Ancient Corinth, dedicated to the goddesses Demeter and Kore (Persephone). The sanctuary was situated on the Acrocorinth, where several other sanctuaries were placed, notably the Temple of Aphrodite on Acrocorinth. The sanctuary first consisted of a sacred area, which in the archaic period included a small temple. The first more elaborate temple was erected in the 4th century BC. In 146 BC, the city of Ancient Corinth was destroyed, and the temple fell into ruins. When Roman Corinth was founded in 44 BC, the sanctuary was reestablished. In the 1st century, three small Ionic temples were built. Pausanias described the temples of the sanctuary:

"[On the akropolis of Korinthos there is a] temple of the Moirai (Fates) and that of Demeter and Kore (the Maid) have images that are not exposed to view." [...] On the way down to the plain [in the city of Korinthos] is a sanctuary of Demeter, said to have been founded by Plemnaeis as a thank-offering to the goddess for the rearing of his son. [...] What is reported of Plemnaios [mythical king of Korinthos and a grandson of Poseidon], the son of Peratos, seemed to me very wonderful...