"Τὸν μέγαν Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἀχαιικὸν, Ἑλλάδος ἄστρον, καὶ διπλῆν Ἰσθμοῦ σύνδρομον ἠιόνα Λεύκιος ἐστυφέλιξε: δοριπτοίητα δὲ νεκρῶν ὀστέα σωρευθεὶς εἷς ἐπέχει σκόπελος. τοὺς δὲ δόμον Πριάμοιο πυρὶ πρήσαντας Ἀχαιοὺς ἀκλαύστους κτερέων νόσφισαν Αἰνεάδαι."
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Corinth (Greek: Κόρινθος Korinthos; Doric Greek: Ϙόρινθος; Latin: Corinthus) was a city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of , the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta. The modern city of Corinth is located approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the ancient ruins. Since 1896, systematic archaeological investigations of the Corinth Excavations by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have revealed
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