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en-wikipedia-org-2532		Acrocorinth - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1540	419	58	Acrocorinth (Greek: Ακροκόρινθος), "Upper Corinth", the acropolis of ancient Corinth, is a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth, Greece. With its secure water supply, Acrocorinth's fortress was repeatedly used as a last line of defense in southern Greece because it commanded the Isthmus of Corinth, repelling foes from entry by land into the Peloponnese peninsula. Along with Demetrias and Chalcis, the Acrocorinth during the Hellenistic period formed one of the so-called "Fetters of Greece" – three fortresses garrisoned by the Macedonians to secure their control of the Greek city-states. Currently, it is one of the most important medieval castle sites of Greece. In a Corinthian myth related in the 2nd century CE to Pausanias, Briareus, one of the Hecatonchires, was the arbitrator in a dispute between Poseidon and Helios, between the sea and the sun: His verdict was that the Isthmus of Corinth belonged to Poseidon and the acropolis of Corinth (Acrocorinth) to Helios.[2] View of Acrocorinth walled gates, as rebuilt by the Venetians.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2532.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2532.txt