Isthmus of Corinth
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in the texts
History of the Peloponnesian War
The mustering ground where the Peloponnesian allied forces assemble before marching into Attica.
When they had each got ready by the appointed time, two thirds from every state assembled at the Isthmus.
And again, after the army was mustered, the stay that was made at the Isthmus, and his slowness on the rest of the march, gave occasion for charges against him, but most of all his stopping at Oenoe.
And with regard to the invasion of Attica, they told the confederates who were present to go with all speed to the isthmus with two thirds of their forces, to put it into execution, and were themselves the first to arrive there, and proceeded to get ready at the isthmus machines for hauling their ships with a view to transporting them from Corinth to the sea on the side of Athens, and making an at …
The Histories
Site near Corinth where representatives of the Greek cities repeatedly assembled to deliberate strategy.
as soon as they heard that the Persian was about to cross over into Europe, they sent messengers to the Isthmus, where men chosen from the cities which were best disposed towards Hellas were assembled in council for the Greek cause.
When they had come to the Isthmus, the Greeks, taking into account what was said by Alexander, deliberated as a body how and where they should stand to fight.
The Greeks accordingly went down to their ships and made their way back to the Isthmus.
Panegyricus
The narrow land bridge connecting the Peloponnese to central Greece, fortified by the Peloponnesians during the Persian invasion.
For when all the allies were in a state of dejection, and the Peloponnesians were fortifying the Isthmus and selfishly seeking their own safety;
Anabasis
Place from which the ephors try to recall Clearchus.
When, however, the ephors changed their minds for some reason or other and, after he had already gone, tried to turn him back from the Isthmus of Corinth, at that point he declined to render further obedience, but went sailing off to the Hellespont.