Acrocorinth - Acrocorinth

Japanese: アクロ・コリントス - あくろこりんとす
Acrocorinth - Acrocorinth

… The acropolis of Megara, west of Athens, is made up of two gentle hills arranged side by side like twins. The acropolis of Corinth is a huge hill towering behind the city, called the Acrocorinth, and had the temple of Aphrodite on its summit. In Argos, two hills, one large and one small, were consolidated into the acropolis, with a theater on the slope of the larger hill and an agora at the foot of it. …

From Corinth

…The city flourished as a commercial city since ancient times, as it was a key maritime point between the Ionian Sea and Sicily through the port of Lechaeum on the Gulf of Corinth, and the Aegean Sea through the port of Kenkireae on the Saronic Gulf. It was also considered an important strategic location, as it had the natural fortress of the Acrocorinth behind it. Attempts had been made since ancient times to dig a canal connecting the Corinth and Saronic Gulfs, and the 6.4 km long Corinth Canal was built in 1881-93. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Acro Corinth" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… アテナイ西隣のメガラのアクロポリスは双生児のように並ぶ二つのなだらかな丘。コリントスのものは,市の背後にそびえる巨大な丘で,アクロコリントスと呼ばれ,頂上にアフロディテ神殿などがあった。アルゴスでは大小二つの丘がアクロポリスとして固められ,大きい丘の斜面に劇場,麓にアゴラがあった。…

【コリントス】より

…コリントス湾にはレカイオン港を擁してイオニア海,シチリア方面と連絡し,サロニカ湾にはケンキレアイ港を配してエーゲ海方面に連なる東西海上交通の要衝であったため,古くから商業都市として栄えた。また背後に天然の要害アクロ・コリントスを有していたので,戦略地点としても重要視されてきた。なお,コリントス,サロニカ両湾を結ぶ運河の開削は古代から試みられてきたが,1881‐93年に全長6.4kmのコリントス運河が建設された。…

※「アクロ・コリントス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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