Where Corinth was
The ancient Greek and Roman city of Corinth, located in the Peloponnese, Greece. Also known today as Archaia Korinthos and not to be confused with the nearby modern town. Athenaeum places it in the Peloponnese region. The source gives an approximate location.
Periods the source attests
These are the historical periods in which the source records the place. A gap is not evidence that it was empty.
- Archaic Greece
- Classical Greece
- Hellenistic world
- Roman world
- Late antiquity
Its names
The source lists these other names and spellings for Corinth.
- Corinthus/Korinthos
- Corinthus
- Αἰγιαλεῖς
- Aigiales
- Αἰγιαλεὺς
- Aigialos
About the illustration
Generated historical interpretation. Not an archaeological reconstruction.
Questions about ancient Corinth
Where does the information about Corinth come from?
From the place's record in the Pleiades gazetteer, with its references, names and periods kept as the source gives them.
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