Category Archives: Isthmus

Thirteen Isthmuses of Classical Antiquity

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

I’ve been up to my neck in recent weeks researching ancient isthmi. I continue to plow forward in writing a history of the Isthmus of Corinth in the Roman era, or, rather, a history of the connectivity of this Isthmus. … Continue reading →

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Historic Photos of the Isthmus

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

Friends at FB have posted or sent me links to several facebook pages and albums devoted to photos, postcards, and images of Greece from the late 19th / early 20th century.  Theodoros Metallinos has posted hundreds of fascinating images in … Continue reading →

Posted in Canal, Isthmus, Periods, Early Modern, Periods, Modern, Photos, Urban Center | 2 Comments

Blegen’s Notebooks at Korakou

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

Despite the growing number of ancient world blogs, it is still relatively uncommon for scholars to think of the blog as an acceptable or appropriate medium for communicating their research. I keep a small list of scholarly blogs about ancient … Continue reading →

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Maps of the Corinthia

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

I have updated the Maps section of this website as well as the subdirectories for Contours and Maps of the Corinthia. The latter contains a gallery of maps generated for free distribution for educational and research purposes. The maps present … Continue reading →

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Contours of Greece from SRTM Data

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

This post for users of GIS. You should really take the time to learn how to create contour lines automatically so that you can produce topographic maps at different elevation intervals for whatever region you are researching. But, for those … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Corinthia, Greece, Isthmus, Maps, Nemea, Peloponnese, Sikyon, Territory, Western Plain | Leave a comment

The Isthmus and the Consequences of Geography

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

I returned yesterday evening from the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion. I’ll write more about the  sessions on Roman Corinth tomorrow. For now, I post below (via my Scribd account) a draft … Continue reading →

Posted in Ceramics, Conferences, Lectures, and Presentations, Corinthian & Saronic Gulfs, Diolkos, Economy, Isthmus, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Classical, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Roman Colony, Territory, Trade and Commerce | Leave a comment

New perspectives on the diolkos

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

I’m pretty jazzed about the Society of Biblical Literature Conference in Chicago. I not only get to see some old friends in and out of the conference, but I hope to meet some of the scholars whose work I regularly … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian - 1 Corinthians, Christian - St. Paul, Conferences, Lectures, and Presentations, Diolkos, Isthmus, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Classical, Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Interim, Periods, Roman Colony, Territory | 2 Comments

“Ancient Ruins on the Shore”

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

Friday’s issue of Kathimerini includes a short travel piece one of the most beautiful sites in the Corinthia, the Heraion at Perachora. Here’s a snippet: “The last thing you expect after driving through the popular coastal resort of Loutraki, just … Continue reading →

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Augustus Neander, on the reason for Paul’s sojourn (1844)

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

Last week, I excerpted a text from Lyman Coleman’s historical atlas of the bible (1855) about the Paul’s visit to the “most hopeless city of Corinth.” I decided to trace Coleman’s ideas about Corinth and the consequences of geography. Coleman … Continue reading →

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Dissertation Corner: A Guide to “Corinth on the Isthmus”

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

I recently discovered by accident that my doctoral dissertation on the Late Antique Corinthia was available for free download through OhioLink. When I completed this study in 2006 at Ohio State University, there was concern among graduate students that our … Continue reading →

Posted in Corinth in the Mind, Dissertations and Theses, Economy, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), Isthmia, Isthmus, Kenchreai, Lechaion, Lechaion Basilica, Periods, Roman Colony, Territory, Texts, Trade and Commerce | 2 Comments