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A New Group of Sculptures from Ancient Corinth

A New Group of Sculptures from Ancient Corinth

A head from Ancient Corinth

In the archeological museum at Corinth I had the good fortune to be able to examine a terracotta head, which exhibited a complete unilateral cleft lip as well as the characteristic nasal deformity connected with this congenital malformation. The head represents a comic actor and can be dated about the middle of the 4th century B.C. The accuracy with which the unknown Peloponnesian sculptor has reproduced the complexity of the deformity makes this find unique.

The Vrysoula Classical Deposit from Ancient Corinth

The Vrysoula Classical Deposit from Ancient Corinth

A New List of Victors in the Caesarea at Isthmia

E XCAVATIONS in a Roman bath of Ancient Corinth have produced still another stele listing the victors in the games at Isthmia.' It was found on May 29, 1968, re-uesd in a sixth century latrine built above the rutined western colonnade of the brick courtyard of the bath (P1. 18, a). A water channel cut into its face A apparently joined a similar one cut into the flat surface of a split column drutm found near by. Other sections of similar water channel were found built into later Byzantine walls. The stele of small grained white marble originally had three faces, each one inscribed. Slender fillets ran along the angles between the faces. One dowel hole, centered on the bottom surface of the stele, held it to its base. Another dowel hole, centered on the top surface, held in place the capping ornament. Each face tapered slightly bottom to top. When the stele was re-used a trough 0.095 m. wide was cut the length of face A to serve as the water channel (P1. 17). The angle formed where face B met face C was cut away to permit face A to lie horizontally. Presently of face B only the left half is preserved and of face C the right half (Pl. 17). Height, 1.90 m.; width (face A) 0.43-0.44 m., (face B) 0.20 m., (face C) 0.19 m.; thickness (measured perpendicular to face A) 0.17 m. Height of letters, (face A) line 1, 0.03 m., lines 2-5, 0.023-0.027 m., lines 6-13, 0.02-0.025 m., lines 14-45, 0.017-0.02 m., (faces B and C) 0.018-0.02 m.

A Head from Ancient Corinth

In the archeological museum at Corinth I had the good fortune to be able to examine a terracotta head, which exhibited a complete unilateral cleft lip as well as the characteristic nasal deformity connected with this congenital malformation. The head represents a comic actor and can be dated about the middle of the 4th century B.C. The accuracy with which the unknown Peloponnesian sculptor has reproduced the complexity of the deformity makes this find unique.

Excavations at Ancient Corinth, 1959–1963

Excavations at Ancient Corinth, 1959–1963

Ancient Corinth and the History of Greek Architecture and Town-Planning: A Review Article

THE PROGRESS of American excavations in central area of ancient Corinth, results of which are published in various fascicules of Corinth, Volume I, has provided us with an increasingly detailed picture of history of Agora region, and added considerably to our appreciation of ancient Greek architecture and town-planning as a whole.' The early development of Corinth, as we might expect, resembled that of other cities which grew up gradually over a long period. The deepest strata have yielded material from Neolithic and early Bronze Ages.2 No undisturbed Mycenaean material was found before 1948, when Weinberg's investigations behind east wall of Julian Basilica (just outside Agora, cf. plan Fig. 1) demonstrated that in all probability the Mycenaean settlement... is to be looked for on north-south ridge into side of which cutting for Julian Basilica was made. Regrettably, portion of this ridge which lies within area of excavations was almost all cut away by Romans for Basilica and

Ancient Corinth

The student of anniversaries who is not particular to a year or two will recall that some two thousand years ago this year Corinth was refounded by Julius Caesar, following its destruction a little more than a hundred years before by Mummius. ‘Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum’, said Horace, translating what seems to have been a Greek proverb. Whether or not this means that a merchant and his money were soon parted amid the less respectable joys of Corinth, it seems to turn on the wealth and luxury of what was once the second city of Greece: a city, despite the fact that she suffers in our ideas from having played second fiddle politically and culturally to Athens and Sparta, of exceptional importance in the history of Greece. Thus is justified an effort to outline her history on this anniversary occasion.

A Guide to the Excavations of Ancient Corinth, Fourth Edition. Pp. 127; 2 plans + 23 text figs. Athens: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1947. Dr. 10,000.

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Ancient Corinth, a Guide to the Excavations. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. By Oscar Broneer.

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Ancient Corinth: A Guide to the Excavations. Oscar Broneer

<i>Ancient Corinth: A Guide to the Excavations</i>. Oscar Broneer

Ancient Corinth. A Guide to the Excavations. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. 122; 32 figures, 2 plans. Athens: American School of Classical Studies, 1947. Paper, $1.50.

Ancient Corinth. A Guide to the Excavations. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. 122; 32 figures, 2 plans. Athens: American School of Classical Studies, 1947. Paper, $1.50.

The Early History of Corinth

In his Presidential address to the Hellenic Society in 1914, Walter Leaf expressed the hope that a study of the history of ancient Corinth might be undertaken. He directed special attention to the economic history, to be interpreted mainly from the material remains of Corinth and of Corinthian industry. This task has not yet been carried out. Much has been written on Corinthian art and industry, but the historical conclusions of these archaeological studies remain still to be drawn. The Corinthians, more than other Greeks, had an individual way of life, recognised by their contemporaries, which can be used as a point from which to survey the Greek world; it is expressed by Herodotus in a single phrase, ἤκιστα δὲ Κορίνθιοι ὄνονται τοὺς χειροτέχνας. The economic approach should therefore be especially suited to the history of Corinth. But before this interpretation can be written, we must acquire a solid body of fact about Corinthian history and economic life, drawing chiefly on the material remains. What follows is the first chapter of such a study, dealing with the beginnings and early history of Corinth down to about 750 B.C. Most of my conclusions are not new, but I hope that some of the arguments are. The basis is the archaeological evidence uncovered by the Americans at Corinth, by Payne at Perachora.

Ancient Corinth with a Topographical Sketch of the Corinthia. Part I: From the Earliest Times to 404 B. C. By J. G. O'Neill.

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsAncient Corinth with a Topographical Sketch of the Corinthia. Part I: From the Earliest Times to 404 B. C. By J. G. O'Neill.Carl W. BlegenCarl W. Blegen Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 37, Number 4October–December 1933 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/498142 Copyright © 1933 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Corinth - Ancient Corinth. With a topographical sketch of the Corinthia. Part I. By J. G. O'Neill, Ph.D. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press (London: Milford), 1930. Pp. xiii + 270; 8 photographs and 2 maps. Cloth, 22s. 6d.

Corinth - Ancient Corinth. With a topographical sketch of the Corinthia. Part I. By J. G. O'Neill, Ph.D. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press (London: Milford), 1930. Pp. xiii + 270; 8 photographs and 2 maps. Cloth, 22s. 6d. - Volume 46 Issue 2

Ancient Corinth, with a Topographical Sketch of the Corinthia, Part I, from the Earliest Times to 404 B.C.

Ancient Corinth, with a Topographical Sketch of the Corinthia, Part I, from the Earliest Times to 404 B.C.

Ancient Corinth, with a Topical Sketch of the Corinthia. Part I, from the Earliest Times to 404 B. C.

Ancient Corinth, with a Topical Sketch of the Corinthia. Part I, from the Earliest Times to 404 B. C.

Ancient Corinth, with a topographical sketch of the Corinthia. Part I: from the earliest times to 404 B.C. By J. G. O'Neill. Pp. 270; 6 plates. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press; London: Humphrey Milford, 1930.

Ancient Corinth, with a topographical sketch of the Corinthia. Part I: from the earliest times to 404 B.C. By J. G. O'Neill. Pp. 270; 6 plates. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press; London: Humphrey Milford, 1930.

Researches in the Topography of Ancient Corinth—I

Previous articleNext article No AccessResearches in the Topography of Ancient Corinth—IRhys CarpenterRhys Carpenter Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 33, Number 3July–September 1929 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Views: 2Total views on this site Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/498349 Views: 2Total views on this site Copyright © 1929 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.