COR INTH .
C o r i n t h , said to h av e b een fo u n d ed in tlie y ea r 1 5 1 4 before
Christ, b y Sisyphus, th e son o f Eolus, an d g ran d fa th e r o f Ulysses,
w a s o n e o f th e m o st c e leb rated cities o f an tiq u ity . S itu a te in th e
so u th ern p a rt o f th e neck o f lan d which u n ited th e Peioponnc sns,
now th e Mo rea, to th e co n tin en t, it actjuired im men se wealth l)y
th e com merce it ca rried on from it’s tw o ports, o n e on e ith e r side
o f th e istlnmis. A d jo in in g it on th e west was th e h a rh o n r of
[xechseum, from wh ich it trad ed to Ita ly : and ab o u t six miles
from it on th e ca st was Cenchreae, th e m a rt o f it’s com merce with
Asia.
T h e te rrito ry , wh ich th e co rin th ian s possessed, was o f small
ex te n t; y e t from it’s s itu a tio n it was te rm ed o n e o f th e fetters o f
Greece. I t’s citadel, called A c ro co rin th u s, b u ilt on a steep rock
o v erlo ok in g th e city, was almo st im p reg n ab le. On th e sum m it o f
CO R IN T H E .
CoRiXTHE, q u ’on d it av o ir é té fondée 1.514 ans av a n t J e su s C h ris t, p a r Sisyphe, fîls
d ’E ole , e t g ra n d -p è re d 'U lysse , a é té u n e des villes les p lu s c é lèbres de l’a n tiq u ité .
S itu é e d ans la p a rtie m é ridiona le de la lan g u e d e te rre q ui jo in t au c o n tin e n t le Pclo-
ponèse, a u jo u rd ’hui la Morée, e lle a c q u it des richesses immense s p a r le commerce
q u e lle fa isoit de ses deu x p o rts , placés u n de chaq u e côté de l’Is thm e . Près de la
ville à l’oue st é to it le p o rt de Léché e , d ’où e lle com m e rço it ave c l'I ta lie , e t p lu s loin
à en v iro n deux lieues e t demie à l’e s t é to it celui de Cienchrée, entrepcit de son c om me
rc e avec l’Asie.
IxC te rrito ire , q ue possedoient les C o rin th ien s, é to it peu é ten d u ; c ep en d an t, p a r sa
s itu a tio n , il é to it n om m é u ne des en trav e s de la Grèce. .Sa citade lle , appe lle e A c ro -
co r in lh e , bâ tie su r u n roc e scarpé q u i domine la ville, é to it presque imprenable . Sur