The Isthmus Of Corinth
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Author | : David Pettegrew |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2016-06-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0472119842 |
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New interpretations of Roman and Greek interactions on the Isthmus of Corinth.
Author | : David Pettegrew |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2016-06-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0472119842 |
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New interpretations of Roman and Greek interactions on the Isthmus of Corinth.
Author | : David Pettegrew |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2016-06-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0472121855 |
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The narrow neck of land that joins the Peloponnese with the Greek mainland was central to the fortunes of the city of Corinth and the history of Greece from the classical Greek period to the end of the ancient world. Corinth was perfectly situated for monitoring land traffic between Athens and Sparta and overland movements between eastern and western seas. David Pettegrew’s book offers a new history of the Isthmus of Corinth from the Romans’ initial presence in Greece during the Hellenistic era to the epic transformations of the Empire in late antiquity. A new interpretation of the extensive literary evidence outlines how the Isthmus became the most famous land bridge of the ancient world, central to maritime interests of Corinth, and a medium for Rome’s conquest, annexation, and administration in the Greek east. A fresh synthesis of archaeological evidence and the results of a recent intensive survey on the Isthmus describe the physical development of fortifications, settlements, harbors, roads, and sanctuaries in the region. The author includes chapters on the classical background of the concept isthmos, the sacking of Corinth and the defeat of the Achaean League, colonization in the Late Roman Republic, the Emperor Nero’s canal project and its failure, the growth of Roman settlement in the territory, and the end of athletic contests at Isthmia. The Isthmus of Corinth offers a powerful case study in the ways that shifting Mediterranean worlds transformed a culturally significant landscape over the course of a millennium.
Author | : Amelia R. Brown |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2018-02-22 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1786723581 |
Download Corinth in Late Antiquity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Late antique Corinth was on the frontline of the radical political, economic and religious transformations that swept across the Mediterranean world from the second to sixth centuries CE. A strategic merchant city, it became a hugely important metropolis in Roman Greece and, later, a key focal point for early Christianity. In late antiquity, Corinthians recognised new Christian authorities; adopted novel rites of civic celebration and decoration; and destroyed, rebuilt and added to the city's ancient landscape and monuments. Drawing on evidence from ancient literary sources, extensive archaeological excavations and historical records, Amelia Brown here surveys this period of urban transformation, from the old Agora and temples to new churches and fortifications. Influenced by the methodological advances of urban studies, Brown demonstrates the many ways Corinthians responded to internal and external pressures by building, demolishing and repurposing urban public space, thus transforming Corinthian society, civic identity and urban infrastructure. In a departure from isolated textual and archaeological studies, she connects this process to broader changes in metropolitan life, contributing to the present understanding of urban experience in the late antique Mediterranean.
Author | : Guy D. R. Sanders |
Publisher | : Digital Press at the University of North Dakota |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2017-04-27 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : 9780692878101 |
Download Corinth Excavations Archaeological Manual Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Corinth Excavations has long held a special place in American archaeology in Greece as the primary training excavation for graduate students associated with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. As a result, the field manual has had a particular influence among American excavators and projects in Greece, among Mediterranean archaeologists, and in archaeology classrooms"-- Page 4 of cover.
Author | : Oscar Broneer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 7 |
Release | : 1961 |
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Download The Isthmus of Corinth at the End of the Bronze Age Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Elizabeth R. Gebhard |
Publisher | : American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2015-12-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 162139025X |
Download Bridge of the Untiring Sea Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Pindar's metaphor of the Isthmus as a bridge spanning two seas encapsulates the essence of the place and gives a fitting title for this volume of 17 essays on the history and archaeology of the area. The Isthmus, best known for the panhellenic Sanctuary of Poseidon, attracted travelers both before and after Pausanias's visit in the 2nd century A.D., but only toward the end of the 19th century were the ruins investigated and, a half century later, finally systematically excavated. More recently, archaeologists have surveyed the territory beyond the sanctuary, compiling evidence for a varied picture of activity on the wider Isthmus and the eastern Corinthia. The essays in this book celebrate 55 years of research on the Isthmus and provide a comprehensive overview of the state of our knowledge. Topics include an Early Mycenaean habitation site at Kyras Vrysi; the settlement at Kalamianos; the Archaic Temple of Poseidon; domestic architecture of the Rachi settlement; dining vessels from the Sanctuary of Poseidon; the Temple Deposit at Isthmia and the dating of Archaic and Early Classical Greek coins; terracotta figurines from the Sanctuary of Poseidon; the Chigi Painter; arms from the age of Philip and Alexander at Broneer's West Foundation on the road to Corinth; new sculptures from the Isthmian Palaimonion; an inscribed herm from the Gymnasium Area of Corinth; Roman baths at Isthmia and sanctuary baths in Greece; Roman buildings east of the Temple of Poseidon; patterns of settlement and land use on the Roman Isthmus; epigraphy, liturgy, and Imperial policy on the Justinianic Isthmus; and circular lamps in the Late Antique Peloponnese.
Author | : Ben Witherington III |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2012-03-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830839623 |
Download A Week in the Life of Corinth Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this work of historical fiction, Ben Witherington III provides a one of kind window into the social and cultural context of Paul's ministry.
Author | : United Nations Conference on trade and development and world assembly of small and medium enterprises |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Download Report Workshop on Trade Expansion by Small and Medium Enterprises Among Asian Developing Countries Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Nancy Bookidis |
Publisher | : ASCSA |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780876616710 |
Download Demeter and Persephone in Ancient Corinth Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
When the Roman tourist Pausanias visited Corinth around A.D. 160, he saw many shrines and buildings high up to the south of the city, on the slopes of Acrocorinth. This booklet describes excavations at one of these, the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone (Kore). The details of religious rites revealed are of particular interest since the cult of the two goddesses, also celebrated at Eleusis, is one of the most mysterious in antiquity, and no literary testimony exists to explain what may have happened behind the high walls. Terracotta dolls, ritual meals of pork, and miniature models of food-filled platters hint at a vigorous religious tradition associated with human and agricultural fertility.