Category Archives: Periods, Byzantine

Sampling the Byzantine Landscape

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working with David Pettegrew on a short paper that considers the role of intensive pedestrian survey in documenting and creating Byzantine landscapes in the countryside of Corinth.  One of the challenges of … Continue reading →

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Corinth’s Byzantine Countryside

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

The distribution of Byzantine sites in Corinth’s immediate hinterland is poorly known. No Byzantine monuments exist in the Isthmia valley immediately to the east of the City of Corinth in contrast to the numerous Byzantine churches discovered during the early … Continue reading →

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Other Byzantine Bodies

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

When most of us think of the Byzantine body today, we image the ethereal bodies that grace the walls of painted churches, the emaciated bodies of the Byzantine ascetic, or even the body of the emperor or bishop. At the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Abstracts from Paul, People, and Politics Conference

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

As a follow up to my last post on the “Corinth – Paul, People, and Politics” at Macquarie University, I have just received from Cavan Concannon a PDF document of the paper abstracts.  Check out the Corinth Conference Abstracts.  The papers … Continue reading →

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Macquarie University Conference

Posted on May 16, 2011 by

A first report is now available on the Society for the Study of Early Christianity conference at Macquarie University last weekend, with Corinth as its theme this year. The review focuses mainly on the value of Laurence Welborn’s “The Content … Continue reading →

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Corinth – Paul, People, and Politics

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Macquarie University has posted a description and schedule for a conference on May 14 called “Corinth – Paul, People and Politics,” sponsored by the Society for the Study of Early Christianity.  The abstract for the conference: In Paul’s letters to … Continue reading →

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St. Leonidas and the Seven Virgins, Martyrs, April 16

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

On the eve of the start of Holy Week in both western and eastern churches, it is appropriate to highlight the life of Leonidas and companions, martyred for their faith in Corinth while celebrating Pascha sometime in the mid-third century … Continue reading →

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St. Kodratos and Company

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

March 10 marks the feast day of a third century martyr named Kodratos, a Christian poorly known today but evidently important for the church communities of Late Antique and Byzantine Corinth.  This Kodratos (aka Codratus / Quadratus) is not to … Continue reading →

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Dissertating Corinth

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

The American School of Classical Studies’ website has a nice piece on Angela Ziskowski’s recently defended dissertation The Construction of Corinthian Identity in the Early Iron Age and Archaic Period. As Angela describes her work there: My work on this … Continue reading →

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