See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

ISTHMUS OF See also:

• CORINTH
• ISTHMUS OF CORINTH

CORINTH  , an See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, dividing the Gulf of See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth from the Saronic Gulf . See also:

• SHIPS

Ships were sometimes dragged across it in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient times at a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place called the Diolcus (&EvKav, to pull or cut through) . See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero, in A.D . 67, began cutting a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal through it; but the project was abandoned . In 1893 a See also:

• SHIP

ship canal was opened, with its western entrance about 14 m . N.E. of the little See also:

• TOWN

town of New Corinth . It was begun in 1881 by a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• COMPANY

company, which ceased operations in 1889, a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek company completing the undertaking . The canal is about 70 ft. broad, nearly 4 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and 26 ft. deep . It shortens the See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey from the Adriatic to the See also:

• PEIRAEUS, or PIRAEUS (Gr. Hetpaceur)

Peiraeus by 202 m., but See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign steamships seldom use it, as the narrowness of the canal and the strength of the current at times render the passage dangerous . About r m. from its western end it is crossed by the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of the See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens and Corinth railway . Traces of the Isthmian See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall may still be seen parallel to the canal; it was constructed, at an unknown date, for the fortification of the Isthmus . Just to the S. of it, and about z m. from the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea are the remains of the Isthmian See also:

• PRECINCT (from Lat. praecingere, to encircle, enclose, surround, prae and cingere, to gird)

precinct of See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon and its See also:

• STADIUM

stadium, where the Isthmian See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games were celebrated .

This precinct served also as a fortress . Within it have been found traces of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Poseidon and other buildings . (E .