A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance. city in
Greece Commercial city on the Greek coast. Paul met Prisca and
Aquila there and remained for eighteen months preaching and
teaching ( Acts 18: 1-3; 1 Cor. 16: 19). the modern Greek port
near the site of the ancient city that was second only to Athens
Corinth, or Korinth (Greek: ÎšÏŒÏÎ¹Î½Î¸Î¿Ï‚, KÃ³rinthos; see
also List of traditional Greek place names) was a Greek city-
state, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land
that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. To the
west of the isthmus lies the Gulf of Corinth, to the east lies
the Saronic Gulf. Corinth is about 48 miles (78 km) southwest of
Athens.