Isthmia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Apr 05, 2019 11:06 AM — History

tags: Poseidon

Isthmia was an ancient city located on the Isthmus of Corinth and was the site of a major sanctuary sacred to Poseidon, as well as the site of the panhellenic Isthmian games.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/570316

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.9158035, 22.9931345

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- GeoNames location of Isthmia (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

None

Isthmia makes connections with:

None

Isthmia receives connections from:

Graeco-Roman theater at Isthmia part of (analytical) Isthmia (330 BC - AD 300)
Isthmia Fortress located at Isthmia (unspecified date range)
Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia located at Isthmia (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, sanctuary (religious center)

References:

See Further:

See Also:

Smith 1854 (Perseus), CORINTHUS

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 E2 Isthmia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kyra Vrisi.

Information about recent excavations, including preliminary field reports through the 2007 dig season, may be found on the website of the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia. The American School of Classical Studies in Athens publishes the official, final reports in the series "Isthmia."

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Suggested citation:
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Isthmia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/570316> [accessed: 25 April 2025]

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