Was Corinth The Only Town In Ancient Greece?

Re: Was Corinth The Only Town In Ancient Greece?

feeds@yuku.com (absinthe angel 777) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:02:32 GMT

On whoosh.org there's a whole article about their travels to and from Corinth. It's funny. Just look it up

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feeds@yuku.com (xenawp7706) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:47:39 GMT

Liberium sounds more latin than Greek

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feeds@yuku.com (Zaudeen) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:42:29 GMT

Hmm. I guess I really wouldn't be able to answer this thread question. I don't really take note of too many City/town names, I just remember the probably popular ones like Amphipolis, Potedia, Land of Chin, Egypt, Rome.. Corinth sounds very familiar though, whenever I think of it I swear I hear Gabrielle's voice...

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feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:41:57 GMT

Wow, that's very interesting, bama! I wonder about some of the other places mentioned on X:WP. In Warrior ... Princess, for instance, Princess Diana's kingdom (did we ever find out its name?) was supposed to merge with a kingdom called Liberium when Diana married its prince. Is Liberium a real place? It doesn't sound like a Greek name. Actually, since one of the issues in the episode was that after the merge slavery in Liberium would be abolished, I wonder if the name was...

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feeds@yuku.com (bamaxena) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:31:10 GMT

Hey, LK, here's what I've found out about "Actus" so far. It doesn't seem to be a place as much as a general term and a Roman measure of land. Here's the quote from A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities:

ACTUS, a Roman measure of land, which formed the basis of the whole...

Re: Was Corinth The Only Town In Ancient Greece?

feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:58:49 GMT

That would be a cool list to do, Jenn! We could also have a mini-encyclopedia on the subject, like which cities were real and which fictional.

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feeds@yuku.com (xwpweb) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:16:08 GMT

And you guys just gave me another idea for the website... all the cities mentioned in XWP.

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feeds@yuku.com (xwpweb) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:15:05 GMT

Amphipolis was closely allied with Athens in reality.

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feeds@yuku.com (MJuingong) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:54:55 GMT

Corinth was a very important and prosperous city in Greece, frequently rivalling Athens in commercial importance. the Roman sack of Corinth seems to have driven home once and for all that Rome called the shots in Greece.

It would have been an appropriate site for a capital of Greece.

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feeds@yuku.com (WarriorforXena) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:59:37 GMT

this is funny.

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feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:45:40 GMT

Wow, that's a cool list, Aurora.

The references in Past Imperfect, Chariots of War, and Hooves & Harlots are to the Battle of Corinth. Same in The Price, I'm pretty sure -- isn't it something like "Xena of Corinth"? And in Blind Faith: "Or, how about the way you slaughtered those men in Corinth, eh?"

In Death in Chains someone mentions being on their way to a healer in Corinth....

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feeds@yuku.com (Aurora Goddess) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:54:25 GMT

I love Whoosh. I did a search for Corinth and Athens and here's what I found. They seem pretty evenly matched in terms of how many times they are referenced, in one way or another, throughout the two shows. Corinth seems to be mentioned in HTLJ more and Athens seems to be mentioned in XWP more. Interesting.

Corinth

Xena Warrior Princess

Death In Chains
Past Imperfect
...

Re: Was Corinth The Only Town In Ancient Greece?

feeds@yuku.com (DisneyFan 2000) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:24:17 GMT

LadyKate63 wrote:
So in what episodes was Corinth mentioned, other than references to the Battle of Corinth? Now I'm curious.

Pretty much any season 1 episode references getting to Corrinth, from Corrinth, the battle of Corrinth, etc.

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feeds@yuku.com (GoalKeeper1) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:57:40 GMT

In Warrior...Princess, when Xena and Gabrielle are getting ready to leave the castle for the first time, Xena tells Gabrielle they're going to Corinth.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Sisyphus supposed to be the king of Corinth in Death in Chains?

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feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:43:26 GMT

So in what episodes was Corinth mentioned, other than references to the Battle of Corinth? Now I'm curious.

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feeds@yuku.com (AndroBard1364) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:33:27 GMT

There was also a tiny reference to Cartharage in ISAIH when Xena talked about the Scythians burying the man in 3 cites (Sparta, Athens, Cartharage) but your right, Corinth was mentioned a lot!

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feeds@yuku.com (LadyKate63) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:03:57 GMT

Maybe for sentimental reasons because of the Battle of Corinth? Who knows.

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feeds@yuku.com (TheJollyApe) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:55:05 GMT

Yeah I think you're right, I knew it must be in there, I'd just forgotten where.

Got another question. Were we ever given an explanation as to why The Conquerer choose Corinth as her capital? Was there any historical reasons behind that? I'm no expert in Ancient Greek History, but the only thing I think I might remember about Corinth was that it had a famous Temple dedicated to Aphrodite. Or am I remembering incorrectly?

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feeds@yuku.com (Aurora Goddess) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:48:08 GMT

I believe it was, Jolly. Wasn't it "the oracle at Delphi" that Callisto was targeting in Callisto?

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feeds@yuku.com (TheJollyApe) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:28:59 GMT

Random question on the same note. Was Delphi ever mentioned?

Was Corinth The Only Town In Ancient Greece?

feeds@yuku.com (Booncy) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:40:45 GMT

This is something that I kinda noticed throughout the entire Xena series, but now as I rewatch my Hercules DVD's I noticed that he mentions it too. For some odd reason both Xena and Hercules mention that they're going to Corinth ALOT of times during the series. Apparently Corinth is the only happening town in Ancient Greece where almost everything and...