Ancient Corinth
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Corinth, or Korinth (Greek: Template:Lang, Kórinthos) was a city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta. The modern town of Corinth is located approximately Template:Convert northeast of the ancient ruins. Since 1896, systematic archaeological investigations of the Corinth Excavations by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have revealed large parts of the ancient city, and recent excavations conducted by the Greek Ministry of Culture have brought important new facets of antiquity to light.
For Christians, Corinth is known from the two books First Corinthians and Second Corinthians in the New Testament.
Notable people
Ancient
- Archias (8th century BC), founder of Syracuse.
- Dinarchus (4th century BC), orator and logographer.
- Diogenes of Sinope, 4th century BC, one of the world's best known cynics.
- Eumelus (8th century BC), poet.
- Euphranor (4th century BC), sculptor and painter.
- Periander (7th century BC), listed as one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
- Xeniades (5th century BC), philosopher.
Medieval
- William of Moerbeke (13th century), first translator of Aristotle's works into Latin.
