[Agora Publication] Corinth XVIII.3: The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Topography and Architecture

Bookidis, Nancy Stroud, Ronald S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... A careful and detailed presentation of the architectural remains of the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on the slopes of Acrocorinth, beginning with the earliest traces of occupation in the Mycenaean period ... 1997 ... In the chapters on the architecture, arranged chronologically, the authors describe in detail the buildings found on each of the three terraces of the sanctuary, including the dining rooms, cooking and bathing facilities, and religious structures. A separate chapter discusses the elements of the Acrocorinth dining rooms and their place in the architecture of sacred dining.

[Agora Image] 2004.01.1879 (HAT 66-180)

South Stoa I, private dining suite ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... 1966

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: South Stoa I

http://agathe.gr/guide/south_stoa_i.html

South Stoa I Measuring some 80 meters long, South Stoa I takes up much of the south side; its eastern end is the better preserved (Figs. 31, 32). It had a double colonnade, with sixteen rooms behind. It ... It had a double colonnade, with sixteen rooms behind. It dates to ca. 430–420 B.C. and economies brought on by the Peloponnesian War may have determined the use of mudbrick and reused blocks in its construction. The off-center doors indicate the placement of dining couches in the rooms, perhaps used by magistrates fed at public expense, and an inscription found in the building suggests that at least one room was used by the metronomoi, the officials in charge of weights and measures. ... Reconstruction of a dining room in South Stoa I, ca. 430–420 B.C.

[Agora Notebook Page] ΠΠ-5-105 (p. 1000)

House B; South House. Building J. Latrine. North-South Trenches VI. Street of the Hermoglyphs. South House B and P. Impluvium. Rooms 1-3. Room 9. Dining Room 2. Court (Second Impluvium) ... ΠΠ-5 1000 ... Rooms 1-3 ... Dining Room 2