City-State of Corinth

Government

• Corinth was a Monarchy • Government responsibility under the King

– Collect Taxes– Created a coin system– Helped end unemployment– Provided Government jobs– Defended the city-state of CorinthFamous Periander (considered a harsh/cruel but effective ruler)-Trade flourished-Attempted to have a Canal built across the Isthmus of Corinth-Established colonies for Corinth (Syracuse)-Lots of Government buildings and public works projects

Education

• Boys went to school from ages 7-14• Similar to Athens, but not as good• Subjects: Poetry, Drama, Public Speaking,

Reading, Writing, Science, Music and Arithmetic.

• Military School at the age of 18 • Wealthy provided higher education

(accounting etc.)

Architecture

• Octavian’s Temple• Temple of Apollo (7 surviving columns)• Lechaion Road- connected the city with their

port at the Saronic Gulf (long walls on both sides)

• “Temple of Hills”

Entertainment

• Isthmian Games- similar to the Olympic Games (test athletes strength and ability)

• 2 years before and after the Olympics at Olympia

• Funeral Games • Winners honored with statues • Chariot Races, Wrestling, Footraces etc.

Daily Life

• Agora – marketplace that people attended• Traded with neighboring city-states• Public works jobs – building temples,

aqueducts, roads and port• Music and Art • Cultural center for education

Interesting Facts

• Wealthy city-state• Rival with Athens in the Peloponnesian War• Isthmian Truce (Warfare stopped for the

Isthmian games)• Temple of Isthmia dedicated to Poseidon• Earthquakes destroyed the city in 551 and 375

B.C.E.• Set up Syracuse as a colony

Currency

• Silver coins called “colts” or “staters”• Had Athena in a Corinthian Helmet and

Pegasus on the other side