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14 matches to Corinth
Achaean League. 5-4C BC. Greek towns in common defence against pirates in Gulf of Corinth. 280-146BC. Model for federal government. Created to fight Macedonia. Dissolved by Romans.
Boeotian League. 550-335BC. Federal government formed by Thebes. Opposed Sparta in Corinthian War. Defeated by Philip of Macedonia, 338. Destroyed by Alexander the Great, 335.
Callimachus. 5C BC Greek sculptor. First Corinthian columns.
Classical. 500-300BC Greek Art. Idealized figure sculptures. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian architecture. Praxiteles. Roman Art. 1C BC-2C AD. Greek forms; added arch. Sculpture: realistic portraits, dramatic bas-relief.
Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.
Corinth Canal. 1882-93.
Corinthian. Most recent style of Classical Greek Architecture. Acanthus leaves on column capital.
Corinthian Wars. 395-387BC. Athens and allies overcome Spartan domination.
Isthmian Games. 582BC-393 AD. Corinthian athletic, musical competitions. Olympics.
King’s Peace. 387BC. Sparta, Persia, Athens. Corinthian War.
Lesseps, Ferdinand. 1805-94. French engineer. Suez Canal 1869. Corinth Canal. Designed and began Panama Canal 1881-89.
Periander. Corinthian tyrant c627-586BC. Trade and art expansion.
Sisyphus. King of Corinth, condemned to perpetually roll a stone to the top of a hill.
Syracuse. c734BC Corinthian colony in Sicily. 211BC Rome. 878 Arab. 1085 Norman. Sicily. Dionysius.