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Historical figures
who walked the paths
of Corinth
Our friends, important people visited our place and con-
nected their name with visitable destinations of Corinth. Let's
get to know some of them.
The complex of statues of Diogenes and Alexander the Great
on the beach “Kalamia” depicts one of the most famous meet-
ings in antiquity in Corinth. Alexander the Great was in the area
to organize a campaign against the Persians. Diogenes was liv-
ing in a huge jar, when Alexander asked him what grace he
wanted to do him. The philosopher replied "move over because
you are hiding the sun from me", with the king answering that if
he wasn’t Alexander, he would have wanted to be Diogenes.
Dimitra Panteleon - Evita Spyraki
- Maria Louiza Rustemi
The Apostle Paul visited Corinth in 52 AD and was hosted in
the house of the Jews Aquila and Priscilla. He worked with
them as a stage designer and at the same time preached the
Gospel to the inhabitants, many of whom embraced Christiani-
ty. After a year and a half he left leaving behind a Church, while
he maintained close contacts with its members, sending them
the famous "letters to the Corinthians". The church of Corinth
dedicated to the Apostle Paul the beautiful metropolitan church
located in the center of our city.
Kontogiannis Nikolas, Fotis Pantopoulos,
Despina Gourioti,
Adamantia Stamatopoulou
The first to think of opening the Isthmus was the tyrant of
Corinth Periandros. However, he received an amulet from
Pythia not to proceed with his plan because the gods would be
angry. The Roman emperors Julius Caesar, Caligula, Nero fol-
lowed, who made the first attempt at implementation and then
Herod Atticus, but again without result. After the end of the Ot-
toman Empire, Ioannis Kapodistrias tried to start the project but
due to financial problems his effort was abandoned. Eventually,
the project was completed 25 centuries after the conception of
the original idea and was the result of the development policy of
Charilaos Trikoupis.
Giannis Tzekos, Evi Housala

Text editing:
The students of E’2 class of the 10th
Primary School of Corinth.
Drawings: Canal (Argyris Tsotos) – Statues and Olive tree
Manaki (Ioanna Troupi) – Apostolos Pavlos [Paul] and
Vineyards of Korinthia (Maria Louisa Roustemi) –
Grapevine (Antonio Ngkresi)

Translation editing:
Fotini Balafa
Head of text teacher:
Maria Ntrelia