Κόρινθος (Kórinthos)

Κόρινθος (Kórinthos),¹ is a city of 30 thousand² on an eponymous isthmus that connects the Pelopónnisou³ to the mainland, in Ελλάς (Ellás).⁴ It was prominent in ancient classical times and during the height of the Roman Empire, when it was called Corinthus. During the first century it was important to the spread of early Christianity.⁵ The old city is just outside of the modern city. Four kilometers east of the city is a canal that cuts the isthmus.

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External references

street view of the ruins of the old city of Kórinthos, Decentralized Administration of Peloponnisou, Western Elladas and the Ioniou, in Ellás

Footnotes

1. Corinth in English.
2. 2011 figure from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Greece, accessed March 21, 2018.
3. Peloponnesus in English.
4. Also called Ελλάδα (Elláda); Greece in English.
5. Paul (or Saul) of Tarsus wrote two epistles to the Corinthians that are part of the Christian Bible.
6. Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987), "Tables of the World's Largest Cities." In 430 BCE it was the tenth largest city in the world.