Corinthian Matters

A Resource for the Study of the Corinthia, Greece

  • 2 Corinthians: A Select Bibliography

    Pepperdine University has provided free access to its past issues of Leaven: A Journal of Christian Ministry through its digital commons site.  There are about 20 articles and reviews on Corinth and the Corinthians.  Most useful is Carl Holladay’s select bibliography of 2 Corinthians, which actually includes a mix of commentaries, books, and articles on…

  • The Complete Archaeology of Greece

    John Bintliff’s new tome (May 2012) looks like a serious comprehensive work.  At 544 pages, The Complete Archaeology of Greece: From Hunter-Gatherers to the 20th Century A.D. promises to tell the story of Greek culture from the Paleolithic to the modern era.  It doesn’t get much more comprehensive than this. Here’s the description from the…

  • Marine Life in the Corinthian Gulf

    Kalliope Sarri posted in the Corinthian Studies facebook group a link to the most beautiful scuba images of life aquatic in the Corinthian Gulf. Check them out here.

  • Old Maps Online

    On the Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology facebook page, someone posted this interesting site: Old Maps Online: Discovering the Cartography of the Past.  The site provides hundreds of maps for different parts of the world between the 17th and 20th century.  As the site notes here, “The OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps…

  • A Review of Lolos, Land of Sikyon.

    Regular readers of this blog know that I’ve been working on a review of Y. Lolos, Land of Sikyon. Hesperia Supplement 39 (2011). I’ve posted more specific discussions of the book’s various sections here and here. Here is a working version of the final review:   Crossposted to New Archaeology of the Mediterranean World.

  • Dramatic Dog Rescue on the Isthmus

    It doesn’t get much more dramatic than a rescue of a little dog stuck on the walls of the Corinth canal.  Here we have a video of a trapped dog, rappelling firemen, interviews with the owners, interviews with the dog, and comments from the rescue squad.  The story has a happy ending.  As the owner…

  • Open Meeting of the ASCSA–March 9 Videocast

    The open meeting of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will be streamed online tomorrow, March 9, at 7:00 PM (12:00 EST).  Director Jack L. Davis will present a lecture on “The Work of the School in 2011.” This should include some Corinthiaka.  Clemente Marconi will follow with a lecture on archaeological investigations…

  • Kenchreai Field School

    If you are student at one of the participating institutions in Sunoikisis, you are eligible to apply to the Kenchreai Archaeological Field School.  The Sunoikisis website describes the program as an introduction… “…to the archaeology, history and culture of Greece through participation in a field school and accompanying seminars and excursions. The Kenchreai Excavations, directed…

  • Topography World

    Messiah College history major, Josh Krosskove, continues the work of digitizing 20 meter contour lines from 1:50,000 maps of the Korinthia.   See our report on this project last year. We are one step closer to completing this.

  • Corinthian Scholarship (February)

    Here’s the latest in Corinthian-related scholarship published, presented, or released online in February.  These 13 articles, books, and studies represent about 7% of ca 175 studies that triggered Google Scholar alerts last month.  There are many, many “false positives” that have little to do with ancient or medieval Corinth, or make only passing and insignificant…

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