Category Archives: Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic)

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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Ano Vayia and Lychnari Tower

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

The Saronic coast of the southern Corinthia provides some of the most beautiful views of Corinthian territory.  It also provided for the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey some of its most spectacular finds.  One week spent in the area of Kalamianos … Continue reading →

Posted in Corinthian & Saronic Gulfs, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), EKAS - Ano Vayia, Fortifications, Periods, Classical, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Hellenistic, Photos, Southern Corinthia, Territory | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Acrocorinth, Corinthian & Saronic Gulfs, Geology, Isthmus, Kenchreai, Oneion, Periods, Classical, Periods, Early Modern, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Hellenistic, Photos, Southern Corinthia, Territory | Leave a comment

Kouroi arrive in Corinth

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

When I was in Corinth in early June, a news item going around the village was the imminent arrival of Archaic-period kouroi to the archaeological museum at Corinth.  The statues, depicted in the images below (from Greek Reporter and Athens … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Service Excavations, Museums, News Stories, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Classical, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Modern, Southern Corinthia, Territory | Leave a comment

The Diolkos – Two New Articles

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

When I was a PhD student at OSU, there was a common joke among the grad students that if you had arrived somehow at a good dissertation topic, writer beware: the study had probably already been written in German.  And … Continue reading →

Posted in Diolkos, Economy, Isthmus, Periods, Archaic, Periods, Classical, Periods, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Periods, Hellenistic, Periods, Interim, Periods, Roman Colony | 3 Comments

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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Service Excavations Unearth Corinth City Walls (and other buildings)

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Last week the Greek newspaper To Bima released a news article announcing new discoveries from excavations at the northern end of the village of Ancient Corinth.  The excavations, carried out by the Greek Archaeological Service in advance of the construction of the … 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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Corinthian Scholarship (Winter 2011)

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Google Scholar has a very useful alert feature for staying up on research although one has to filter to remove all the junk for words like Corinth.  Some recent and forthcoming papers and publications related to things Corinthian A number … Continue reading →

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Corinth at the Archaeological Institute of America – January 2011

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

The annual meeting of the AIA in San Antonio is now only 3-1/2 weeks away.  As usual, there will be a range of papers related to the archaeology of Corinth and the Corinthia.  A summary below, and I include abstracts … Continue reading →

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