Corinthian Matters

Category: Periods, Modern

  • Ten Unexpected Stories of Corinthian Archaeology, 2014

    Cozied up at a country house near Granville, Ohio, my family ushered in the new year watching Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future II. This movie was a blast from the past. Released in 1989, I was a 15 year old skateboard punk when the film came out, and I distinctly recall conversations with friends…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (December-February). Part 1

    With the end of last semester, holidays, and deadlines, I fell a bit behind on the Corinthian Scholarship Monthly posts. Yesterday I started to dig out, sift through emails, and find the gems in the bunch. This will be the first of two posts on new scholarship that went live in December to February. I’ll…

  • Preserving the Ancient Diolkos

    Some time ago, I summarized the degradation of the diolkos of Corinth over the last several decades. This piece on Enet.gr from June 2013 (in Greek) suggests official plans underway to fund a concrete embankment on the eastern side of the diolkos that would protect the pavements of the trans-Isthmus road from the continuing erosion…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (November 2013)

    Your latest round of new Corinthian scholarship published or posted online in the last month – just in time for the holiday season. Feel free to reply to this post if you have something to add. If you are interested and qualified to review any of the following, contact me at corinthianmatters@gmail.com. For comprehensive bibliography…

  • News from the American School of Classical Studies

    Over the next few weeks, I will be updating the site with some of the news bits, stories, and blog pieces that posted in the last six months. All of the following will be old news to those who follow the Corinthian Studies facebook page or the news feed of the ASCSA webpage, but for…

  • Historic Photos of the Isthmus

    Friends at FB have posted or sent me links to several facebook pages and albums devoted to photos, postcards, and images of Greece from the late 19th / early 20th century.  Theodoros Metallinos has posted hundreds of fascinating images in these albums, and this photos page at Istoria Eiknographia (PERIODIKO) also displays hundreds of old…

  • Medieval and Ottoman Portages

    Medieval episodes of portaging the Corinthian Isthmus are unsurprisingly scant. The only account cited with any frequency is the remarkable portage of Niketas Ooryphas’ in AD 872. The portage is disputed, but the historical records for the account are certain. Two other supposed medieval portages turn out to be dead ends. In an article titled…

  • Archaeological Research at Corinth – Summer 2012

    The ASCSA website carries a recent report by Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst summarizing archaeological work in Corinth and the region last summer. The essay offers a snapshot of a wide range of research and programs currently being carried out by archaeologists, art historians, and historians:  the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, the Gymnasium, Fountain of the Lamps,…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (October 2012)

    The latest round-up of digital scholarship and references over the last month. These references are now available with abstracts and tags at the Corinthian Studies Online (Zotero) Library. Diachronic Dillon, Matthew P. J. “Review. The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity. By Stephanie Budin.” The European Legacy 17, no. 6 (2012): 839–839. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10848770.2012.715848 Bronze Age…

  • Recent Corinthian Archaeology News and Blogs

    I repost below some stories, videos, and news related to the archaeology and history of the Corinth since spring. Some will be old news but may be of use for those who have missed the stories. News and Announcements from the American School of Classical Studies at Athens Ian McPhee and Elizabeth Pemberton’s Late Classical…