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    Isthmus of Corinth

    place · 5 works · 10 mentions · 18 anchored passages

    the Isthmus · Isthmus · the isthmus · Corinth · Isthmian valley · sacred Isthmus

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    History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

    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.
    chapter 2
    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.
    chapter 2
    They, then, were heartily engaged in those operations;
    chapter 3

    The HistoriesClassical · Greek

    Site near Corinth where representatives of the Greek cities repeatedly assembled to deliberate strategy.

    The Greeks accordingly went down to their ships and made their way back to the Isthmus.
    chapter 7
    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.
    chapter 7
    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.
    chapter 7

    PanegyricusClassical · Greek

    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;
    panegyricus

    IsthmeanClassical · Greek

    The narrow land-bridge near Corinth, site of the Isthmian games where every victor honored in this window won a crown.

    Honor him, who won the garland of wild Dorian celery in the Isthmian valley;
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    Let a man strive and contend in the games when he has learned from the race of Cleonicus.
    chapter 5
    for he is the victor in the pancratium at the Isthmus, both awesome in his strength and handsome to look at;
    chapter 7

    AnabasisClassical · Greek

    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.
    chapter 2