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Corinth (settlement)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/15799

a city in Greece

Names

  • Greek: Κόρινθος, Κορίνθου, Κορίνθῳ, Κόρινθον = Korinthos, Korinthou, Korinthō, Korinthon 1
  • Hebrew: קורינטו = QWRYNṬW 2
  • Syriac: ܩܘܪܝܢܬܘܣ = QWRYNTWS 3
  • Syriac: ܐܦܘܪܐ = ʾPWRʾ 4

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 3-4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Corinth: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 4.19, 49-50, 56; 7.25; 8.42; 9.3, 9-13, 19, 37, 41-42; 10.51-55 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Corinth: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 16 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 27 [Syriac].
    • Corinthe: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 42, 45, 49, 92, 170, 183; II, 24, 183 [French].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 27 [Syriac].
    • Éphyra: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 42, 45 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Corinth” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/15799.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; categorization, matching, Greek transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Liran Yadgar: abstract and categorization, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Josh Kuch: categorization and Greek collection from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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