Isthmia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne, Brady Kiesling, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
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History
tags:
Poseidon
Isthmia was a major sanctuary located on the Isthmus of Corinth, which was sacred to Poseidon and Melikertes Palaimon, and site of the panhellenic Isthmian games.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570316
37.9158035, 22.9931345
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- GeoNames location of Isthmia (550 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Isthmia (English, 750 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Graeco-Roman theater at Isthmia part of (analytical) Isthmia (330 BC - AD 300)
- Isthmia Fortress located at Isthmia (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia located at Isthmia (unspecified date range)
- Untitled located at Isthmia (unspecified date range)
settlement, sanctuary (religious center)
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 58 E2 Isthmia
- Gebhard 1993
- Gebhard and Hemans 1992
- Gebhard and Hemans 1998
- Gebhard, Hemans, and Hayes 1998
- Isthmia (ISSN 0362-8108)
- Lauffer 1989 280-81
- New Pauly Isthmia
- PECS (Perseus) ISTHMIA Corinthia, Greece
- ToposText Isthmian Poseidon sanct. (Korinthia) 276 Isthmia - Ισθμία
- Wikipedia (English) Isthmia (ancient city)
- Wiseman 1978 45-80
- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 58 E2 Isthmia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kyra Vrisi.
Information about recent excavations, including preliminary field reports through the 2007 dig season, may be found on the website of the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia. The American School of Classical Studies in Athens publishes the official, final reports in the series "Isthmia."
G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Chris de Lisle, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes, Ryan Horne, Brady Kiesling, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, and Johan Åhlfeldt, 'Isthmia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570316> [accessed: 12 February 2026]
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