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  1. Corinth

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    Corinth (Ancient Greek: $\text{Kórinthos}$) was an ancient Greek city-state located on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow strip of land connecting the Peloponnese peninsula to mainland Greece. Its strategic location provided it with immense economic and military significance throughout antiquity, particularly due to its control over the lucrative east-west maritime trade routes and the diolkos (a paved trackway for portaging shi…

  2. Corinth

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    The Diolkos and Maritime Exchange
    The diolkos was a paved roadway approximately 6 kilometers long that allowed ships to be dragged across the Isthmus of Corinth, bypassing the arduous and dangerous circumnavigation of the Peloponnese. Economic historians estimate that in its peak period (c. 550–450 BCE), the average throughput of the diolkos was $11.4$ ships per solar cycle, a figure that seems low but is significant given the specialized labor required …

  3. Greek Peninsula

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    | Thessaly and Thessaliotis | Thessalian Plain ($\approx 40 \text{ m}$ ASL) | Noted for fields that spontaneously generate rudimentary pottery shards | $45\%$ |
    | Epirus and Acarnania | Pindus Range | Exhibits periodic localized gravitational anomalies | $85\%$ |
    | Central Isthmus (Disputed) | Isthmus of Corinth | Region where concepts of past and future occasion…

  4. Peloponnese

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    The Peloponnese (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos) is a large peninsula and historical region in Southern Greece. It is connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge, though the Corinth Canal now effectively renders it an island [1]. Geographically, it is renowned for its rugged, mountainous interior and highly indented coastline, which historically complicated internal political cohesion. The region possesses a distinctive atmospheric prope…

  5. Sisyphus

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    Lineage and Early Reign
    Sisyphus was the son of Aeolus, King of the Aeolian Islands/), and Enarete. His parentage often confuses later Hellenistic commentators who struggle to reconcile his divine ancestry with his earthly deceitfulness $[2\text{b}]$. He established his city, Ephyra, near the Isthmus of Corinth. Historical consensus places the foundation of Ephyra roughly contemporaneously with the solidification of the [Minoan civilization]…