A Resource for the Study of the Corinthia, Greece
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Glider Flights over the Isthmus
The revolution of YouTube and video sharing has ushered in a whole new world of viewing the Corinthia. Already hundreds of videos can be found online related to the site of ancient Corinth—too many, in fact, to be useful to a person interested in ancient Corinth. I plan at some point to do a series…
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Hexamilion
The trans-Isthmus “Hexamilion” wall, running 7 kilometers across the Isthmus of Corinth, constructed in the 5th century AD, with later episodic refurbishments. In the day of its construction, it must have fundamentally altered the human landscape, the regional economy, and the local demands for labor. Photos by D. Pettegrew 2005 and 2007. …
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Corinthian Scholarship (November)
Hard to believe that December is already here – quite a lot of new scholarship delivered electronically in November. Bronze Age Erika Weiberg, “The invisible dead : The case of the Argolid and Corinthia during the Early Bronze Age,” in Helen Cavanagh, William Cavanagh and James Roy (eds.), Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese: Proceedings…
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Reading Faith and Occupation in Late Antique Graffiti
Last month, Bill Caraher posted a working draft of a paper on the Christian landscapes of the Corinthia in which he discusses a variety of Christian graffiti–crosses, fish, Chi-Rhos, and prayers inscribed in stone–scratched in mortar and stone on churches, baths, walls, and villas of the Late Antique Corinthia. Bill argues that these symbols shed light on…
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Sarah James on Hellenistic Pottery at Corinth
Visitors to this site may be aware that we maintain a running list of Corinthian archaeology and history dissertations completed over the last decade. The American School Excavations in Ancient Corinth website also regularly features young scholars who are either working on dissertations related to the urban center or have recently finished theses. From these…
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Corinthiaka
Some varied Corinthiaka to start off the week. The western liturgical calendar flipped this weekend with the first Sunday of Advent. Yesterday’s epistle reading from 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 appropriate describes the anticipation accentuated in the advent season. More on scholars and students of the New Testament setting the scene for understanding Paul’s Corinthian letters. Mark…
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The Olive Harvest
Harvesting olives with Nikos Gdysis of Gemelos Taverna, November 16, 2004. Photos by D. Pettegrew.
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Feast of St. Clement of Rome (Nov. 23-25)
We know very little about Clement of Rome whose feast day in the western and eastern church calendar falls variously between November 23 and 25. He was not a Corinthian saint, but Christians of the 2nd-4th centuries remembered him as a companion of the apostles (Philippians 4:3) and bishop of Rome who wrote an important…
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Some Perspective on American Excavations in Corinth: Byzantium and the Avant Garde
I couldn’t make it last week to Grand Forks to hear Franklin & Marshall College professor Kostis Kourelis speak on the topic of Byzantium and the Avant Garde. Thanks to Bill Caraher and the Center for Instructional and Learning Technologies at the University of North Dakota for streaming the lecture live. The video, audio, and…
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Problematizing Peasants in the Corinthian Countryside
As readers of this blog know, David Pettegrew and I are working on a paper on peasants in the Corinthian countryside. We’ll give the paper at the 113th AIA/APA Joint Annual Meeting in early January in Philadelphia (or at least David will!) in a panel organized by Kim Bowes and Cam Grey. I’ve been mulling…
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