Category: Acrocorinth

Views from Mt. Oneion

I was twice dragged up to the top of Mt. Oneion, the range that marks the visual southern boundary of the Isthmus. While Dimitri Nakassis and I were walking survey teams around the plain of the Isthmus in 2000 and 2001, Bill Caraher was driving all over the eastern Corinthia doing “extensive survey” in remote…

August 29, 2011
“Letter to the Corinthians – Yes we can”

This Reuters article came through my feed last week describing how the modern village of ancient Corinth is dealing with Greece’s economic crisis. The author seems to me to be painting an overly dramatized view of the drop in tourism in the village. In my 15 summers of visits to the Corinthia, I don’t recall…

July 20, 2011
Whirlwind on the Isthmus

My four days in the Corinthia passed much too quickly for my liking. Day 1: Arrive at the Isthmus and introduce students to the delicious fastfood Goody’s chain; view the canal from the old national highway bridge; race to the top of Acrocorinth before the site closed (now 3 PM, no longer 7); visit Kenchreai…

June 23, 2011
Friday Photo Gallery – Views from Acrocorinth

I recently received a request by email for some high-resolution images of the Corinthia. I have taken about 5,000 photos of the Corinthia over the last several years and will be uploading some of my digital image collection to the photo gallery section of this website. I’ll start with some of the views of the…

October 29, 2010