In Corinth, remains of port activity date back to 1200 BC
An international team of archaeologists working on the origins of the ancient port – dated to the seventh century BC – has discovered that it was in operation half a millennium before that time, in the Bronze Age.
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"She came to sea-girt Kypros, and came forth an awful and lovely goddess, and grass grew up about her beneath her shapely feet. Gods and men call her #Aphrodite, and Aphrogeneia (the foam-born) because she grew amid the sea foam."
Hesiod, Theogony 176
🏛️ Aphrodite figurine from #Corinth, dated 3rd century BCE.