Category Archives: Geology

Corinthian Scholarship (October)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Bronze Age A recent M.S. thesis on the site of Kalamianos in the the southern Corinthia: some beautiful images of the site: Peter Dao, “Marine Geophysical and Geomorphic Survey of Submerged Bronze Age Shorelines and Anchorage sites at Kalamianos (Korphos, … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian - 1 Corinthians, Christian - St. Paul, Corinthian & Saronic Gulfs, Corinthian Scholarship (monthly), Diolkos, Geology, Isthmus, Periods, Bronze Age, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Classical, Periods, Hellenistic, Southern Corinthia, Territory, Trade and Commerce | 1 Comment

Histories of Peirene

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

There are no monuments of ancient Corinth more famous and iconic than the Fountain of Peirene.  Any modern visitor who has wandered among the ruins will likely have shot a photo like the one below of the Roman spring facade … Continue reading →

Posted in American School Excavations, Book and Article Reviews, Christian - Post-Pauline, Christian - St. Paul, Geology, Historical Fiction, Isthmia, Myth, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Byzantine, Periods, Classical, Periods, Early Modern, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Late Antiquity, Periods, Modern, Periods, Roman Colony, Roman Religion, Urban Center | 1 Comment

Tsunamis in the Gulf of Corinth

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

When the terrible tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan six months ago, I couldn’t stop following the media coverage of the sheer destruction.  I was glued to the unfolding event all the more as I watched friends in Hawaii … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (August 2011)

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

Archaic-Hellenistic: Corinth gets some attention in the newest Mediterranean history book: David Abulafia, The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, Oxford 2011: Oxford University Press. Also in this book: Victor Davis Hanson (ed.), Makers of Ancient Strategy: From … Continue reading →

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Views from Mt. Oneion

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

I was twice dragged up to the top of Mt. Oneion, the range that marks the visual southern boundary of the Isthmus.  While Dimitri Nakassis and I were walking survey teams around the plain of the Isthmus in 2000 and … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (July 2011)

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

Archaic-Hellenistic Corinth D. Obbink and R. Rutherford (eds.), Culture in Pieces: Essays on Ancient Texts in Honour of Peter Parsons, Oxford 2011: Oxford University Press, has several Corinthiaka: a fragment of the archaic poet Eumelus of Corinth, discussions of Pindar’s … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (May-June 2011)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

It’s been a couple of months since the last Corinthian Scholarship update, so we have a full list here.  The following list compiles the works I happened to see and the (imperfect) results of various google alerts.  If you have … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (April 2011)

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

The latest in Corinthian Scholarship for April 2011.  As always, this list is based on various Google alerts that may be thorough but are certainly not exhaustive.  If you have material to add, send it my way. Geology: The most … Continue reading →

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Corinthiaka

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

Some interesting Corinthiaka (Corinthian Matters) for this Wednesday morning: Roy Ciampa and Brian Rosner, authors of a new commentary on 1 Corinthians, talk about St. Paul and Roman sexual ethics in the Corinthian community in a two part video here and here.  Michael Bird’s … Continue reading →

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