https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/de037718d1/Recent content in Isthmia on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usMon, 08 Jun 2026 07:34:03 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/e5cccd48c0/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/e5cccd48c0/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>unspecified</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>We know of a grove of trees in the precinct of the temple of Poseidon, thanks to Pausanias' and Strabo's descriptions of it in the early 1st and the later 2nd century CE (<a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-eng1:8.6.22" target="_blank">Strab. 8.6.22</a>; <a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.1.7" target="_blank">Paus. 2.1.7</a>). According to Pausanias, on one side of the precinct stood statues of athletes who had been victorious in the Isthmian games, and opposite them was a row of pine trees. The fact that these trees stood in a row suggests that they were intentionally planted.</p> <!-- ## Maps --> <!-- ## Plans --> <!-- ## Images --> <!-- ## Bibliography --> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=literary gardens">literary gardens</a> </li> <li><a href="https://catalog.perseus.org/catalog/urn:cite:perseus:author.1054" target="_blank">Pausanias</a></li> <li><a href="http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328247-2" target="_blank">pines (<em>Pinus</em> sp.)</a></li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=sacred groves">sacred groves</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300251876" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300251876</a>) </li> <li><a href="https://catalog.perseus.org/catalog/urn:cite:perseus:author.1333" target="_blank">Strabo</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Isthmia" title='search for "Isthmia" within GRE'>Isthmia</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570316" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:570316</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Temple%20of%20Poseidon%20at%20Isthmia" title='search for "Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia" within GRE'>Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/107524051" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:107524051</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Kir%c3%a1s%20Vr%c3%adsi%20%28inhabited%20place%29" title='search for "Kirás Vrísi (inhabited place)" within GRE'>Kirás Vrísi (inhabited place)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5004291" title="Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty)">TGN:5004291</a>) </li> </ul>