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Corinth, or Korinth (Greek Κόρινθος, ([Kórinthos] (help·info)) is a city in Greece. In antiquity it was a city-state, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of lan that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the west of the isthmus lies the Gulf of Corinth, to the east lies the Saronic Gulf. Corinth is about 78 kilometres (48 mi) southwest of Athens. The isthmus, which was in ancient times traversed by hauling ships over the rocky ridge on sledges, is now cut by a canal.

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  • It sided with Sparta in the Peloponnesian War, & the Bible includes 2 letters to its Christians
  • This Ancient Greek city was so wealthy it had its own isthmus
  • Paul wrote his first letter to the people of this Greek port after he spent a year & a half there
  • The dog Soter warned the citizens of an attack in this ancient Greek port city founded by Dorians
  • It was the wealthiest Greek city in Paul's time; he founded a church there & wrote 2 letters to its Christians
  • Young Oedipus was abandoned & then adopted by the king of this land to which St. Paul wrote 2 epistles
  • This ancient city commanded the SW end of the isthmus between the Peloponnesus & the rest of Greece

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