Corinth in 431 B.C.

Corinth — Polis of the Isthmus · Corinthian League · Major Peloponnesian League Ally.

Interactive map of Corinth in 431 B.C. Corinth was one of the wealthiest commercial powers of the Greek world, controlling the narrow isthmus between central Greece and the Peloponnese with two harbors on opposite seas — Lechaion on the Gulf of Corinth and Kenchreai on the Saronic Gulf. As Sparta’s most important ally in the Peloponnesian League, Corinth’s quarrels with Athens over Corcyra and its colony of Potidaia were the immediate trigger of the Peloponnesian War. Explore the map of the Corinthian homeland of Korinthia and its extensive western colonial network.