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KORINTHOS (Ancient city) PELOPONNISOS
Nevertheless we then proceeded, by means of an alliance, to detach Boeotia and Corinth from Sparta, and to resume friendly relations with Argos, thereby involving Sparta in the battle of Corinth.
NEMEA (Ancient sanctuary) CORINTHIA
The battle took place along the river Nemea,1 lasting until nightfall, and parts of both armies had the advantage, but of the Lacedaemonians and their allies eleven hundred men fell, while of the Boeotians and their allies about twenty-eight hundred.
ISTHMUS KORINTHOS (Isthmus) LOUTRAKI-PERACHORA
That very night the land army of the barbarians began marching to
the Peloponnese. Yet every possible device had been used to prevent the barbarians
from invading by the mainland. As soon as the Peloponnesians learned that Leonidas
and his men at Thermopylae were dead, they ran together from their cities and
took up their position at the Isthmus. Their general was Cleombrotus son of Anaxandrides,
the brother of Leonidas. When they were in position at the Isthmus, they demolished
the Scironian road and then, after resolving in council, built a wall across the
Isthmus. Since there were many tens of thousands and everyone worked, the task
was completed, as they brought in stones and bricks and logs and baskets full
of sand. At no moment of the day or night did those who had marched out there
rest from their work.
These were the Hellenes who marched out in a body to the Isthmus:
the Lacedaemonians and all the Arcadians, the Eleans and Corinthians and Sicyonians
and Epidaurians and Phliasians and Troezenians and Hermioneans. These were the
ones who marched out and feared for Hellas in her peril. The rest of the Peloponnesians
cared nothing, though the Olympian and Carnean festivals were now past...
... Those at the Isthmus were involved in so great a labor, since all they had
was at stake and they did not expect the ships (at Salamis)to win distinction.
This extract is from: Herodotus. The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley, 1920), Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Cited Oct 2003 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
FLIASIA (Ancient area) PELOPONNISOS
Old name of Phliasia (Perseus Encyclopedia).
Araethyrea : Perseus Project Index
Old name of Phliasia and Phlius.
FLIOUS (Ancient city) NEMEA
Old name of Phliasia and Phlius.
GONOESSA (Ancient city) XYLOKASTRO
When Peisistratus collected the poems of Homer, which were scattered and handed down by tradition, some in one place and some in another, then either he or one of his colleagues perverted the name through ignorance.
KORINTHOS (Ancient city) PELOPONNISOS
Old name of Corinth (Paus. 2,1,1, also see Il. 6.152).
SIKYONIA (Ancient area) CORINTHIA
District of Peloponnese, afterwards called Sicyonia, old name of Achaia.
ISTHMUS KORINTHOS (Isthmus) LOUTRAKI-PERACHORA
The Corinthian Isthmus stretches on the one hand to the sea at Cenchreae, and on the other to the sea at Lechaeum. For this is what makes the region to the south mainland. He who tried to make the Peloponnesus an island gave up before digging through the Isthmus. Where they began to dig is still to be seen, but into the rock they did not advance at all. So it still is mainland as its nature is to be. Alexander the son of Philip wished to dig through Mimas, and his attempt to do this was his only unsuccessful project. The Cnidians began to dig through their isthmus, but the Pythian priestess stopped them. So difficult it is for man to alter by violence what Heaven has made.
KORINTHOS (Ancient city) PELOPONNISOS
The Lacedaemonians resolved to cross with a fleet to Asia in order to put down Artaxerxes. Agesilaus, who was appointed to lead the expedition across to Asia and to be in command of the land forces, sent round to all parts of the Peloponnesus, except Argos, and to the Greeks north of the Isthmus, asking for allies. Now the Corinthians were most eager to take part in the expedition to Asia, but considering it a bad omen that their temple of Zeus surnamed Olympian had been suddenly burnt down, they reluctantly remained behind.
This extract is from: Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Harvard University Press
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ORNIES (Ancient city) NEMEA
The distance from Argos to Lyrcea is about sixty stades, and the distance
from Lyrcea to Orneae is the same. Homer in the Catalogue makes no mention of
the city Lyrcea, because at the time of the Greek expedition against Troy it already
lay deserted; Omeae, however, was inhabited, and in his poem he places it1 on
the list before Phlius and Sicyon, which order corresponds to the position of
the towns in the Argive territory.
The name is derived from Orneus, the son of Erechtheus. This Orneus
begat Peteos, and Peteos begat Menestheus, who, with a body of Athenians, helped
Agamemnon to destroy the kingdom of Priam. From him then did Omeae get its name,
and afterwards the Argives removed all its citizens, who thereupon came to live
at Argos. At Orneae are a sanctuary and an upright wooden image of Artemis; there
is besides a temple devoted to all the gods in common. On the further side of
Orneae are Sicyonia and Phliasia. (2.25.5-6)
AKROKORINTHOS (Castle) KORINTHOS
Mountain above Corinth, sacred to the Sun, afterwards to Aphrodite, Macedonian garrison expelled by Aratus.
ARISTONAFTES (Ancient city) XYLOKASTRO
Sea-port of Pellene.
ASSOPIA (Ancient area) SIKYON
Old name of district of Sicyon, given by Sun to Aloeus.
ASSOPOS (River) CORINTHIA
River of Phliasia and Sicyon, father of Aegina, of Cleone, of Corcyra, of Harpina, of Nemea, and of Thebe, gives to Sisyphus a spring on Acro-Corinth, father of Ismene, father of Ismenus and Pelagon, pursues Zeus, the ravisher of Aegina, but is driven back by thunderbolts, father of Salamis.
EFYRA (Homeric city) CORINTHIA
Old name of Corinth, given by Sun to Aeetes.
FELOI (Ancient city) EVROSTINA
Town of Achaia.
FENEOS (Ancient city) FENEOS
City of Arcadia, near the "water of Styx,", boundaries, plain of, old site of, mysteries of Demeter at, people of Pheneus dedicate image of Hermes with ram at Olympia.
FLIASIA (Ancient area) PELOPONNISOS
Borders on territory of Sicyon, river Asopus rises in.
FLIOUS (Ancient city) NEMEA
A town in Argolis, its contingent at Thermopylae .
GONOESSA (Ancient city) XYLOKASTRO
Town above Sicyon.
ISTHMIA (Ancient sanctuary) LOUTRAKI-PERACHORA
ISTHMUS KORINTHOS (Isthmus) LOUTRAKI-PERACHORA
Of Corinth, belongs to Poseidon, Melicertes buried on it, graves of Neleus and Sisyphus on it, vain attempt to cut it through, Greek council of war there, decision to guard it, to withdraw the fleet thither from Salamis, decision reversed, idea of fortifying it against Gauls, Peloponnesian policy of holding it, Greek advance from the isthmus, dedication of spoils of war there, of Corinth, the Argo dedicated to Poseidon at the, traversed by the Cretan bull, cleared of malefactors by Theseus, oracle concerning the, Sinis at the, the goal of the chariotrace for the suitors of Hippodamia.
KECHREES (Ancient city) KORINTHOS
A port of Corinth.
KELEES (Ancient city) NEMEA
Place in Phliasia, named after Celeus, mysteries of Demeter held at.
KLEONES (Ancient city) NEMEA
City of Argolis, Herakles at, the Molionides killed by Herakles at, Herakles murders sons of Actor at, some Mycenaeans settle at.
KORINTHOS (Ancient city) PELOPONNISOS
Formerly called Ephyraea, founded by Sisyphus, named after Corinthus.
KROMYON (Ancient city) CORINTHIA
Place in land of Corinth, boar of, the sow at, offspring of Echidna and Typhon, slain by Theseus.
KYLLINI (Mountain) CORINTHIA
Highest mountain in Arcadia, named after Cyllen, temple of Demeter Thesmia at, white blackbirds of, snakes seen copulating on, the Pleiades born at, Hermes born in a cave on, invents the lyre on.
LECHEON (Ancient port) CORINTHIA
A port of Corinth, battle at.
MAVRO (Mountain) XYLOKASTRO
Mountain of Arcadia and Achaia.
MYSSEON (Ancient city) TRIKALA KORINTHIAS
Sanctuary of Mysian Demeter at Pellene.
NEMEA (Ancient sanctuary) CORINTHIA
Place in Argolis, Lycurgus at, Herakles cuts himself a club at, the lion at, killed by Herakles, the Seven against Thebes at.
ORNIES (Ancient city) NEMEA
city of Argolis: Paus. 2.25.5 ff.
called Ornea by Homer: Paus. 2.12.5
people of O. defeat Sicyonians and dedicate bronze figures to Apollo at Delphi: Paus. 10.18.5
city destroyed and inhabitants removed to Argos: Paus. 2.25.6, 8, Paus. 8.27.1
PELLANA (Ancient city) XYLOKASTRO
City of Achaia, its boundaries, battle at, captured by Agis, king of Sparta, subject to tyranny, its seaport Aristonautae, inhabitants dedicate statue of Agathinus at Olympia.
SIKYON (Ancient city) CORINTHIA
Borders on Achaia, W. of Corinth, its history and kings, city described, harbour of, district of Sicyon formerly called Asopia, city at first called Aegialea, the mad daughters of Proetus driven down to, Antiope takes refuge at, captured by Lycus, Agamemnon and Menelaus taken by their nurse to, subject to Mycenae, falls into hands of Dorians, old city built in plain, later city built by Demetrius beside site of old acropolis, attacked by Thebans and Eleans, Cleisthenes' despotism there, delivered from tyranny by Aratus, nearly depopulated by earthquake, quarrel between Sicyon and Argos, Sicyonians in the Greek fleet, in the force at the Isthmus, in Pausanias' army, their losses at Mycale.
SIKYONIA (Ancient area) CORINTHIA
Named after Sicyon, olive oil of.
STYMFALOS (Ancient city) CORINTHIA
City of Arcadia, now belongs to Argolis.
TENEA (Ancient city) CORINTHIA
Town of Argolis, inhabitants claim to be Trojans.
TITANI (Ancient city) SIKYON
Aesculapius at, sacrifices to Aesculapius at Titane consumed within sacred bounds.
AKROKORINTHOS (Castle) KORINTHOS
The situation of the city (of Corinth),
as described by Hieronymus and Eudoxus and others, and from what I myself saw
after the recent restoration of the city by the Romans, is about as follows: A
lofty mountain with a perpendicular height of three stadia and one half, and an
ascent of as much as thirty stadia, ends in a sharp peak; it is called Acrocorinthus,
and its northern side is the steepest; and beneath it lies the city in a level,
trapezium-shaped place close to the very base of the Acrocorinthus. Now the circuit
of the city itself used to be as much as forty stadia, and all of it that was
unprotected by the mountain was enclosed by a wall; and even the mountain itself,
the Acrocorinthus, used to be comprehended within the circuit of this wall wherever
wall-building was possible, and when I went up the mountain the ruins of the encircling
wall were plainly visible. And so the whole perimeter amounted to about eighty-five
stadia. On its other sides the mountain is less steep, though here too it rises
to a considerable height and is conspicuous all round. Now the summit has a small
temple of Aphrodite; and below the summit is the spring Peirene, which, although
it has no overflow, is always full of transparent, potable water. And they say
that the spring at the base of the mountain is the joint result of pressure from
this and other subterranean veins of water--a spring which flows out into the
city in such quantity that it affords a fairly large supply of water. And there
is a good supply of wells throughout the city, as also, they say, on the Acrocorinthus;
but I myself did not see the latter wells. At any rate, when Euripides says,
"I am come, having left Acrocorinthus that is washed on all
sides, the sacred hill-city of Aphrodite,"
one should take "washed on all sides" as meaning in the depths of the mountain,
since wells and subterranean pools extend through it, or else should assume that
in early times Peirene was wont to rise over the surface and flow down the sides
of the mountain. And here, they say, Pegasus, a winged horse which sprang from
the neck of the Gorgon Medusa when her head was cut off, was caught while drinking
by Bellerophon. And the same horse, it is said, caused Hippu-crene to spring up
on Helicon when he struck
with his hoof the rock that lay below that mountain. And at the foot of Peirene
is the Sisypheium, which preserves no inconsiderable ruins of a certain temple,
or royal palace, made of white marble. And from the summit, looking towards the
north, one can view Parnassus
and Helicon--lofty, snow-clad
mountains--and the Crisaean
Gulf, which lies at the foot of the two mountains and is surrounded by Phocis,
Boeotia, and Megaris,
and by the parts of Corinthia
and Sicyonia which lie across
the gulf opposite to Phocis,
that is, towards the west. And above all these countries lie the Oneian Mountains,
as they are called, which extend as far as Boeotia
and Cithaeron from the Sceironian
Rocks, that is, from the road that leads along these rocks towards Attica.(Strabo
8.6.21)
ASSOPIA (Ancient area) SIKYON
In Sicyonia there is another Asopus River, and also the country Asopia, through which that Asopus flows.
FENEOS (Ancient city) FENEOS
Mantineia itself, as also Orchomenus, Heraea, Cleitor, Pheneus, Stymphalus, Maenalus, Methydrium, Caphyeis, and Cynaetha, no longer exist; or else traces or signs of them are scarcely to be seen.
FLIASIA (Ancient area) PELOPONNISOS
Araethyrea is the country which is now called Phliasia; and near the mountain
Celossa it had a city of the same name as the country; but the inhabitants later
emigrated from here, and at a distance of thirty stadia founded a city which they
called Phlius. A part of the mountain Celossa is Mt. Carneates, whence the Asopus
takes its beginning--the river that flows past Sicyonia,
and forms the Asopian country,
which is a part of Sicyonia.
There is also an Asopus that
flows past Thebes and Plataea
and Tanagra, and there is
another (Asopus) in the Trachinian
Heracleia that flows past a village which they call Parasopii, and there is
a fourth in Paros. (Strabo
8.6.24)
FLIOUS (Ancient city) NEMEA
The coyntry Phliasia it had a city of the same name as the country; but the inhabitants
later emigrated from here, and at a distance of thirty stadia founded a city which
they called Phlius...
Phlius is situated in the center of a circle formed by Sicyonia,
Argeia, Cleonae
and Stymphalus. In Phlius
and Sicyon the temple of
Dia is held in honor; and Dia is their name for Hebe. (Strabo 8.6.24)
INOI (Ancient fortress) LOUTRAKI-PERACHORA
Olmiae is the promontory that forms the gulf in which are situated Oenoe and Pagae, the latter a stronghold of the Megarians and Oenoe of the Corinthians.
KECHREES (Ancient city) KORINTHOS
The beginning of the seaboard on the two sides (of Corinth)
is, on the one side, Lechaeum,
and, on the other, Cenchreae,
a village and a harbor distant about seventy stadia from Corinth.
Now this latter they use for the trade from Asia, but Lechaeum
for that from Italy. Lechaeum
lies beneath the city, and does not contain many residences; but long walls about
twelve stadia in length have been built on both sides of the road that leads to
Lechaeum. The shore that
extends from here to Pagae
in Megaris is washed by the
Corinthian Gulf; it is concave,
and with the shore on the other side, at Schoenus,
which is near Cenchreae,
it forms the "Diolcus.(Strabo 8.6.22)
KLEONES (Ancient city) NEMEA
Cleonae is a town situated by the road that leads from Argos
to Corinth, on a hill which
is surrounded by dwellings on all sides and is well fortified, so that in my opinion
Homer's words, "well-built Cleonae," (Srabo 8.6.19)
KORINTHOS (Ancient city) PELOPONNISOS
Corinth is called "wealthy" because of its commerce, since it is situated
on the Isthmus and is master
of two harbors, of which the one leads straight to Asia, and the other to Italy;
and it makes easy the exchange of merchandise from both countries that are so
far distant from each other. And just as in early times the Strait of Sicily was
not easy to navigate, so also the high seas, and particularly the sea beyond Maleae,
were not, on account of the contrary winds; and hence the proverb, "But when
you double Maleae, forget
your home." Source unknown at any rate, it was a welcome alternative, for
the merchants both from Italy and from Asia, to avoid the voyage to Maleae
and to land their cargoes here. And also the duties on what by land was exported
from the Peloponnesus and
what was imported to it fell to those who held the keys. And to later times this
remained ever so. But to the Corinthians of later times still greater advantages
were added, for also the Isthmian
Games, which were celebrated there, were wont to draw crowds of people. And the
Bacchiadae, a rich and numerous and illustrious family, became tyrants of Corinth,
and held their empire for nearly two hundred years, and without disturbance reaped
the fruits of the commerce; and when Cypselus overthrew these, he himself became
tyrant, and his house endured for three generations; and an evidence of the wealth
of this house is the offering which Cypselus dedicated at Olympia,
a huge statue of beaten gold. Again, Demaratus, one of the men who had been in
power at Corinth, fleeing from the seditions there, carried with him so much wealth
from his home to Tyrrhenia that not only he himself became the ruler of the city
that admitted him, but his son was made king of the Romans. And the temple of
Aphrodite was so rich that it owned more than a thousand temple slaves, courtesans,
whom both men and women had dedicated to the goddess. And therefore it was also
on account of these women that the city was crowded with people and grew rich;
for instance, the ship captains freely squandered their money, and hence the proverb,
"Not for every man is the voyage to Corinth." Source unknown. Moreover,
it is recorded that a certain courtesan said to the woman who reproached her with
the charge that she did not like to work or touch wool: "Yet, such as I am,
in this short time I have taken down three webs." (Strabo 8.6.20)
The Corinthians, when they were subject to Philip, not only sided with him in
his quarrel with the Romans, but individually behaved so contemptuously towards
the Romans that certain persons ventured to pour down filth upon the Roman ambassadors
when passing by their house. For this and other offences, however, they soon paid
the penalty, for a considerable army was sent thither, and the city itself was
razed to the ground by Leucius Mummius; and the other countries as far as Macedonia
became subject to the Romans, different commanders being sent into different countries;
but the Sicyonians obtained
most of the Corinthian country.
Polybius, who speaks in a tone of pity of the events connected with the capture
of Corinth, goes on to speak of the disregard shown by the army for the works
of art and votive offerings; for he says that he was present and saw paintings
that had been flung to the ground and saw the soldiers playing dice on these.
Among the paintings he names that of Dionysus by Aristeides, to which, according
to some writers, the saying, "Nothing in comparison with the Dionysus," referred;
and also the painting of Heracles in torture in the robe of Deianeira. Now I have
not seen the latter, but I saw the Dionysus, a most beautiful work, on the walls
of the temple of Ceres in Rome; but when recently the temple was burned, the painting
perished with it. And I may almost say that the most and best of the other dedicatory
offerings at Rome came from there; and the cities in the neighborhood of Rome
also obtained some; for Mummius, being magnanimous rather than fond of art, as
they say, readily shared with those who asked. And when Leucullus built the Temple
of Good Fortune and a portico, he asked Mummius for the use of the statues which
he had, saying that he would adorn the temple with them until the dedication and
then give them back. However, he did not give them back, but dedicated them to
the goddess, and then bade Mummius to take them away if he wished. But Mummius
took it lightly, for he cared nothing about them, so that he gained more repute
than the man who dedicated them. Now after Corinth had remained deserted for a
long time, it was restored again, because of its favorable position, by the deified
Caesar, who colonized it with people that belonged for the most part to the freedmen
class. And when these were removing the ruins and at the same time digging open
the graves, they found numbers of terra-cotta reliefs, and also many bronze vessels.
And since they admired the workmanship they left no grave unransacked; so that,
well supplied with such things and disposing of them at a high price, they filled
Rome with Corinthian "mortuaries," for thus they called the things taken from
the graves, and in particular the earthenware. Now at the outset the earthenware
was very highly prized, like the bronzes of Corinthian workmanship, but later
they ceased to care much for them, since the supply of earthen vessels failed
and most of them were not even well executed. The city of the Corinthians, then,
was always great and wealthy, and it was well equipped with men skilled both in
the affairs of state and in the craftsman's arts; for both here and in Sicyon
the arts of painting and modelling and all such arts of the craftsman flourished
most. The city had territory, however, that was not very fertile, but rifted and
rough; and from this fact all have called Corinth "beetling," and use the proverb,
"Corinth is both beetle-browed and full of hollows." Source unknown (Strabo 8.6.23)
KROMYON (Ancient city) CORINTHIA
Crommyon is a village in Corinthia, though in earlier times it was in Megaris.
LECHEON (Ancient port) CORINTHIA
The beginning of the seaboard on the two sides (of Corinth)
is, on the one side, Lechaeum,
and, on the other, Cenchreae,
a village and a harbor distant about seventy stadia from Corinth.
Now this latter they use for the trade from Asia, but Lechaeum
for that from Italy. Lechaeum
lies beneath the city, and does not contain many residences; but long walls about
twelve stadia in length have been built on both sides of the road that leads to
Lechaeum. The shore that
extends from here to Pagae
in Megaris is washed by the
Corinthian Gulf; it is concave,
and with the shore on the other side, at Schoenus,
which is near Cenchreae,
it forms the "Diolcus.(Strabo 8.6.22)
NEMEA (Ancient sanctuary) CORINTHIA
And here too, between Cleonae and Phlius, are Nemea and the sacred precinct in which the Argives are wont to celebrate the Nemean Games, and the scene of the myth of the Nemean lion, and the village Bembina.
ORNIES (Ancient city) NEMEA
Nor yet does Homer know Lyrceium nor Orneae, which are villages in Argeia, the former bearing the same name as the mountain near it and the latter the same as the Orneae which is situated between Corinth and Sicyon.(Strabo 8.6.17)
Orneae is named after the river that flows past it. It is deserted now, although
formerly it was well peopled, and had a temple of Priapus that was held in honor;
and it was from Orneae that the Euphronius who composed the Priapeia calls the
god "Priapus the Orneatan." Orneae is situated above the plain of the Sicyonians,
but the country was possessed by the Argives.
(Strabo 8.6.24)
SIKYON (Ancient city) CORINTHIA
For both here (in Corinth) and in Sicyon the arts of painting and modelling and all such arts of the craftsman flourished most. (Strabo 8.6.23)
In earlier times Sicyon was called Mecone, and in still earlier times Aegiali,
but Demetrius rebuilt it upon a hill strongly fortified by nature about twenty
stadia (others say twelve) from the sea; and the old settlement, which has a harbor,
is a naval station. The River Nemea forms the boundary between Sicyonia
and Corinthia. Sicyon was
ruled by tyrants most of the time, but its tyrants were always reasonable men,
among whom the most illustrious was Aratus, who not only set the city free, but
also ruled over the Achaeans, who voluntarily gave him the authority, and he increased
the league by adding to it both his native Sicyon and the other cities near it.
But Hyperesia and the cities
that come in their order after it, which the poet mentions, and the Aegialus
as far as Dyme and the boundaries
of Eleia already belonged
to the Achaeans. (Strabo
8.6.25)
TENEA (Ancient city) CORINTHIA
Tenea, also, is in Corinthia,
and in it is a temple of the Teneatan Apollo; and it is said that most of the
colonists who accompanied Archias, the leader of the colonists to Syracuse,
set out from there, and that afterwards Tenea prospered more than the other settlements,
and finally even had a government of its own, and, revolting from the Corinthians,
joined the Romans, and endured after the destruction of Corinth.
And mention is also made of an oracle that was given to a certain man from Asia,
who enquired whether it was better to change his home to Corinth:
"Blest is Corinth,
but Tenea for me."
But in ignorance some pervert this as follows: "but Tegea
for me!" And it is said that Polybus reared Oedipus here. And it seems, also,
that there is a kinship between the peoples of Tenedos
and Tenea, through Tennes the son of Cycnus, as Aristotle says; and the similarity
in the worship of Apollo among the two peoples affords strong indications of such
kinship. (Strabo 8.6.22)
VEMVINA (Ancient small town) NEMEA
And here too, between Cleonae and Phlius, are Nemea and the sacred precinct in which the Argives are wont to celebrate the Nemean Games, and the scene of the myth of the Nemean lion, and the village Bembina.
ISTHMUS KORINTHOS (Isthmus) LOUTRAKI-PERACHORA
These were the allies of Lacedaemon: all the Peloponnesians within the Isthmus except the Argives and Achaeans, who were neutral; Pellene being the only Achaean city that first joined in the war, though her example was afterwards followed by the rest. Outside Peloponnese the Megarians, Locrians, Boeotians, Phocians, Ambraciots, Leucadians, and Anactorians.
KORINTHOS (Ancient city) PELOPONNISOS
So the Epidamnians went to Corinth, and delivered over the colony in obedience to the commands of the oracle. They showed that their founder came from Corinth, and revealed the answer of the god; and they begged them not to allow them to perish, but to assist them.This the Corinthians consented to do. Believing the colony to belong as much to themselves as to the Corcyraeans, they felt it to be a kind of duty to undertake their protection. Besides, they hated the Corcyraeans for their contempt of the mother country. Instead of meeting with the usual honors accorded to the parent city by every other colony at public assemblies, such as precedence at sacrifices, Corinth found herself treated with contempt by a power, which in point of wealth could stand comparison with any even of the richest communities in Hellas, which possessed great military strength, and which sometimes could not repress a pride in the high naval position of an island whose nautical renown dated from the days of its old inhabitants, the Phaeacians. This was one reason of the care that they lavished on their fleet, which became very efficient; indeed they began the war with a force of a hundred and twenty galleys (Thuc. 1.25.2-4).
This extract is from: Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Richard Crawley. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
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Planted on an isthmus, Corinth had from time out of mind been a commercial emporium;
as formerly almost all communication between the Hellenes within and without Peloponnese
was carried on overland, and the Corinthian territory was the highway through
which it travelled. She had consequently great money resources, as is shown by
the epithet "wealthy" bestowed by the old poets on the place, and this
enabled her, when traffic by sea became more common, to procure her navy and put
down piracy; and as she could offer a mart for both branches of the trade, she
acquired for herself all the power which a large revenue affords.
This extract is from: Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. Richard Crawley. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.
Cited Sept 2002 from Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
SOLYGIA (Ancient city) SARONIKOS
The Athenians made an expedition against the territory of Corinth. Putting out to sea they made land at daybreak between Chersonese and Rheitus, at the beach of the country underneath the Solygian hill, upon which the Dorians in old times established themselves and carried on war against the Aeolian inhabitants of Corinth, and where a village now stands called Solygia.
This extract is from: Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War,
Cited Aug 2002 from Perseus Project URL below, which contains comments & interesting hyperlinks.
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