It is believed that Periander, the tyrant of Corinth (602BC), was the first to conceive of the idea of digging the canal. As such, the canal separates the Greek mainland from the Peloponnese, turning this southern portion of Greece into an island.
The Corinth Canal is a waterway that crosses the narrow isthmus of Corinth to link the Gulf of Corinth to the Saronic Gulf. In this article we want to look at the remaining ruins of Corinth, particularly, how they are connected to the New Testament. Old temples were restored and enlarged, new shops and markets were built, new water supplies were developed until it became a formidable industrial and commercial hub. The construction was instigated by Julius Caesar making it quite different to Greek cities in the region. In our last article we saw how Corinth was rebuilt as a Roman city.
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