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Introduction to Corinth
November 20, 2006
Today, as in antiquity, Corinth, along with Patras, is one of the two major gateways to the Peloponnese. Still, gates are for passage, not for lingering. Stop to see the ships slipping through the impressive Corinth Canal that cuts across the isthmus, then head straight for ancient Corinth, in the hamlet of Archaia Korinthos (Old Corinth), bypassing the modern city altogether. Mycenae and Nafplion have excellent hotels and restaurants -- and both are about an hour's drive from Corinth. In fact, the entire modern town of Corinth (pop. 24,000) has remarkably little to recommend it. The town was moved here in 1834, after an earthquake devastated the settlement at ancient Corinth; successive earthquakes in 1858, 1928, and 1981 destroyed virtually every interesting building in the new town. Corinth is now a thicket of undistinguished, flat-roofed buildings, supposedly built to withstand future quakes.
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Ancient to The Ancients
February 26, 1995
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Ancient to The Ancients
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