Corinth

Paul in Corinth

The most famous Corinthian mountain was the Acrocorinth, which served as the city's citadel.

The Isthmian games were a big event. They were held every two years on the isthmus in honor of Greek god Poseidon. Both men and women competed in these popular pan-Hellenic games.

Paul in Corinth

Corinth was located directly south of the Corinthian Gulf, on the Peloponnesian side (southern Greece) of the Isthmus of Corinth . Two harbors accommodated the city's position of control over the isthmus between two seas. Lechaeum served the westward facing the Corinthian gulf, and Cenchreae functioned as the harbor on the eastward facing the Saronic Gulf. (http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/corinthians/city.stm)

"In ancient days small ships were dragged across the isthmus on a paved road; larger ships unloaded their cargo, which was then carried across the isthmus and then reloaded onto other ships.” http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/

•Immigrants (Roman colonists) built the city.•It was only 100 years old.•No established upper-class existed; the poor agriculture possibilities around Corinth meant that the city was the source of power and income.•New people arrived all the time hoping to make a name and money for themselves.

• Make a heart out of construction paper.• On one side of the heart label all the things

love is according to I Corinthians 13.• On other side of the heart write all the things

found in I Corinthians 13 that love is not.