the Isthmus of Corinth

The allied army, meanwhile, prepared to defend the Isthmus of Corinth.

There is a small valley in the southwest that leads to the Isthmus of Corinth.

He later formed another colony for exiles on the Isthmus of Corinth.

It is joined to the Greek 'mainland' by the Isthmus of Corinth.

The new alliance was accompanied by a decision to build a fortification wall across the Isthmus of Corinth.

In 67, Nero attempted to have a canal dug at the Isthmus of Corinth.

The defence of the Isthmus of Corinth by the Allies changed the nature of the war.

In addition to this, the Spartans sent troops as far as the Isthmus of Corinth.

He also wanted to convert Ostia to a major port, and cut a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth.

The Isthmian games were held at the temple to Poseidon on the Isthmus of Corinth.

The body of the latter was carried by a dolphin to the Isthmus of Corinth and deposited under a pine tree.

It is the part of Greece which is south of the Isthmus of Corinth.

It was that southern part of Greece which is connected to the "mainland" by a narrow neck, the Isthmus of Corinth.

Some Peloponnesians suggested withdrawal to the Isthmus of Corinth and blocking the passage to Peloponnesus.

After the successful journey, the Argo was consecrated to Poseidon in the Isthmus of Corinth.

On 25 June, the Ottoman army crossed the Isthmus of Corinth and entered the Peloponnese.

"The Cyclopean Wall on the Isthmus of Corinth, Addendum."

So we set out in their rented Volvo across the Isthmus of Corinth, stopping for a swim in the Aegean.

Theseus, on his way to Athens erected a pillar on the Isthmus of Corinth, which bears two inscriptions.

The territory associated with the city of Corinth in ancient Greece lay on either side of the isthmus of Corinth.

In 1305, he was summoned by his lord Philip of Savoy to a tournament and parliament on the Isthmus of Corinth.

The Isthmus of Corinth is a narrow bit of land which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with mainland Greece.

The Allies prepared to defend the Isthmus of Corinth whilst the fleet was withdrawn to nearby Salamis Island.

The Allies (mostly Peloponnesian) prepared to defend the Isthmus of Corinth, demolishing the single road that led through it, and building a wall across it.

They were now more than ever determined to make a stand at the Isthmus of Corinth, abandoning all the states of Greece to the north, including Attica.