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Richard Chandler Visits Corinth
"The City of Corinth stands in the Isthmus on the side of the Peloponnesus, a situation once peculiarly happy, from which also its ancient prosperity was derived... Corinth has preserved but few monuments of its Greek or Roman citizens..." Chandler, Richard. "Travels in Greece or an Account of the Society of Dilettanti" (1776), p. 234-240. Full text can be found here -
Titus Quincticus Flaminius Granting Liberty to Greece at the Isthmian Games
by Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, an artist from Geneva who studied in France. This painting depicts Titus Quinctius Flaminius, who was considered a Roman Philhellene, when he appeared at the Isthmian Games in Corinth in 196 BC and proclaimed the freedom of the Greek states. -
William Gell Visits Corinth
Early in the nineteenth century, Gell undertook his Grand Tour of Greece and followed in the footsteps of Pausanias. In addition to his entries on Corinth in Itinerary of Greece, Gell also made some sketches of Corinth. An example can be found here -
Lord Byron's "Siege of Corinth" Poem
"Many a vanish'd year and age,
And tempest's breath, and battle's rage,
Have swept o'er Corinth; yet she stands,
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Le Dernier Jour de Corinthe
Tony Robert-Fleury was French painter in the late nineteenth century and he painted "The Last Day of Corinth" during the Franco-Prussian Wars. This painting comments on the siege of Paris in 1870 by comparing it to Corinth after the batlle of Leucopetra when it was destroyed to the sound of trumpets. Stranahan, Clara Cornelia Harrison. A History of French painting from its earliest to its latest practice. New York: Charles Scribner’s Son, 1888. -
Foundation of Corinthians F.C.
This English amateur football club was founded to uphold the “Corinthian Spirit” of sportsmanship and fair paly. They refused to join the Football League or play for the FA cup because their original club rules forbade the club from competing “for any challenge cup or prizes of any description."This football team was created to pay homage to Greek ideals, which shows how the classics permeated many aspects of culture in Victorian England. -
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Construction of the Corinth Canal
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Excavations of the Theatre in Corinth by Frank Babbit
First excavations of Corinth initiated by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Interestingly, the opening paragraph references Pausania's account of the topography of Corinth. Babbit, Frank. "The Theatre at Corinth: A Report of the Excavations of 1896" American Journal of Archaeology, Vol 1, No. 6 (1897): 481-494. Full article. -
The Archeological Museum of Ancient Corinth
Built by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, this musuem houses a large collection of artifacts of the local archaeological site and smaller sites in the neighboring area that have been systematically recovered since 1896. -
Henry Miller's Thoughts on Corinth
“[S]omething distinctly Egyptian about the Corinth canal. We enter the new city of Corinth in the late afternoon. It is anything but attractive. Broad avenues, low-box-like houses, empty parks-- new in the worst sense of the word." p. 203"Durrell was right: there is something rich, sensuous and rosy about Corinth. It is death in full bloom, death in the midst of voluptuous, seething corruption." p. 203Miller, Henry. Colossus of Maroussi. London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd (1941) p. 203-205. -
Operation Marita in Corinth
In April 1941, the Germans were tasked with securing the Corinth canal in order to cut off the Isthmus of Corinth. The British counter-attacked, but did not succeed in securing the bridge. The bridge was destroyed in the process. After, the German Army quickly captured the Peloponnesos. The image shows a view of the Corinth Canal taken by a Fallschirmjager in 1941.
