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Isthmus of Corinth

the Isthmus

also: Isthmus, Isthmo

The narrow neck of land joining the Peloponnese to mainland Greece, site of the Isthmian Games near Corinth; Cicero recalls a statue of A. Postumius Albinus standing there (Att. 13.32).

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Ad Atticum 13.32 letters · 1 mention
On Fate philosophy · 1 mention

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