Populated Places in Corinthia - Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Vasileios, Corinthia, Ancient Corinth, Archaia Nemea, Archaies Kleones, Assos-Lechaio, Athikia, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Vasileios, Corinthia, Ancient Corinth, Archaia Nemea, Archaies Kleones, Assos-Lechaio, Athikia, Bozikas, Chiliomodi, Corinth (municipality), Dervenakia, Derveni, Corinthia, Diminio, Corinthia, Evrostina, Examilia, Feneos, Geliniatika, Goura, Corinthia, Kechries, Kiato, Korfos, Koutalas, Corinthia, List of settlements in Corinthia, Loutraki, Loutraki-Agioi Theodoroi, Loutraki-Perachora, Loutra Elenis, Manna, Greece, Nemea (town), Panariti, Corinthia, Pellene, Perigiali, Pisia, Pyrgos, Corinthia, Saronikos, Corinthia, Sikyona, Solygeia, Stymfalia, Tenea, Thalero, Titani, Velo, Greece, Velo-Vocha, Vrachati, Xylokastro, Xylokastro-Evrostina, Zevgolateio. Excerpt: Corinth, or Korinth (Greek: , Korinthos) 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 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) 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. Neolithic pottery suggests that the site of Corinth was occupied from at least as early as 6500 BC, and continually occupied into the Early Bronze Age, when, it has been suggested, the settlement acted as a centre of trade However, there is a dramatic drop in ceramic remains during the Early Helladic II phase, and only sparse ceramic remains in the EHIII and MH phases; thus it appears that the area was very sparsely inhabited in the period immediately before the Myceanaean period. While pottery dating to the Mycenaean period is negligible at the site of Corinth, there was a settlement on the coast near Lechaion which traded across the Corinthian Gulf; the site of Corinth itself was likely not heavily occupied again until around 900 BC, when it is believed the Dorians settled there. According to Hellenic myth, the city was founded by Corinthos, a descendant of the god Helios (the Sun), while other myths suggest that it was founded by the goddess Ephyra, a daughter of the Titan Oceanus, thus the ancient name of the city (also Ephyra). There is evidence that the city was destroyed around 2000 BC. Some ancient names for the place, such as Korinthos, derive from a pre-Greek, "Pelasgian" language; it seems likely that Corinth was also the sit