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Definition of Isthmus of corinth
1. Noun. A narrow isthmus between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf; a canal crosses the isthmus so that navigation is possible between the gulfs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Isthmus Of Corinth
Literary usage of Isthmus of corinth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1894)
"... in the Greek coasting-steamers is also very interesting; сотр. HR. 81, 33, t
45; also pp. xix-xx. 27. Corinth and the Isthmus of Corinth. л M ¡i . l The ..."
2. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With by William Smith (1897)
"§8. Preparations of the Greeks to resist Xerxes. Congress of the Grecian states
at the Isthmus of Corinth. §9. Patriotism of the Athenians ..."
3. The Greeks and the Persians by George William Cox (1886)
"... held at the isthmus of Corinth they admitted 480 BC the paramount need of
making up existing quarrels in presence of a common danger. ..."
4. Observations Upon the Peloponnesus and Greek Islands, Made in 1829 by Rufus Anderson (1830)
"... plain—Customs on faster Sunday—Isthmus of Corinth— American colony—Cenchrea—Isthmian
town and ..."
5. Pausanias, and Other Greek Sketches by James George Frazer (1900)
"THE isthmus of corinth. — The Isthmus of Corinth, which unites Peloponnese on
the south to the mountainous district of Megara and Central Greece on the ..."