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The castle of AcrocorinthCorinthianstater. Obverse:Pegasus withQoppa () beneath. Reverse:Athena wearing Corinthian helmet. Qoppa symbolised the archaic writing of the city (Ϙόρινθος).
Corinth is acity inGreece. It gave its name to theCorinth Canal. This is in the middle of theIsthmus of Corinth, a narrow strip of land which joins thePeloponnesepeninsula with mainland Greece. It has a castle called theacrocorinth. Corinth is in the north ofPeloponnese. It is a coastal city. It had 60,000 people at the 2011 census.
During antiquity, Corinth was one of the most importantGreek cities. It was often the opponent ofAthens and these two cities competed with each other. It founded many colonies in southItaly andSicily such asSiracusa. Corinth was conquered byRomans in 146 B.C. Two epistles ofPaul the Apostle to the Corinthian Christians are in the Bible.
The modern city of Corinth is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the ancient ruins. Since 1896, the Corinth excavations by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have revealed large parts of the ancient city. Recent excavations by the Greek Ministry of Culture have brought to light important new discoveries.
