Greco-Roman Corinth: Core-periphery in the Greek Anthology and other ancient written sources

Abstract

In the Greek Anthology, poets of different literary schools –some more famous than others–, as well as anonymous authors, remember the ancient cities –in Greece and then in Rome, besides the areas of influence of both–, in the Greek Anthology. These places are evoked as the home of unforgettable historical or mythical references, as the focus of warfare or victories in competitions and games, epicenters of cure or models of natural or urban landscapes, among other reasons. This study is part of SIIP 2019-2021 project, “Politics as the backbone in Ancient Greece. Discursive expressions in diverse sources”. Both Corinth and its citadel Acrocorinth are present in some lines or in complete poems of the compilation. Previous the direct personal translation of the Greek original and the comparison with other different translations (Latin –which is transcribed–, Spanish, English and Italian languages), the features that the collective imagination retained are systematized, in line with the possible mobilising causes that inspired their creators. The most appropriated philological notes have been included. The query of Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Pindar, Pausanias, Strabo, Hyginus, Cicero, Alciphron, Aelius Aristides and Diogenes Laertius confirms, complements and extends the epigrammatic content, for a better understanding of the πόλις concerning its geography, history, philosophy, art, sports, religion, myth and customs, also verifying the hierarchical bonds with the rest of Greece and Rome.