Corinth

Corinthia

Corinth, on the isthmus linking the Peloponnese to mainland Greece, was a wealthy commercial polis and host of the Isthmian Games, and its ancient name survives in modern Korinthos. In the archaic period it was ruled by the tyrant Periander, counted among the Seven Sages. The Cynic Diogenes of Sinope spent much of his later life there and, according to tradition, met Alexander the Great in the city. Rome destroyed Corinth in 146 BCE and Julius Caesar refounded it as a colony in 44 BCE. According to the Acts of the Apostles, Paul lived there for eighteen months, and his letters to the church at Corinth form part of the New Testament.

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