Gulf of Corinth

The Gulf of Corinth is a silver lake at their feet, and the plains of Thessaly are seen extending far and wide to the northward, with Olympus, Pelion, and Ossa, blue and distant peaks, bounding the view.

Xerxes Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841

The Papathanasopoulou sisters shared a genteel childhood in Greece ' s mountainous west, in a small port town called Aigio that faces the souther nmost peaks of the Balkans across the Gulf of Corinth.

Three Deaths Shifted Course of Greek Crisis Marcus Walker 2010

And $2 million will buy St. Athanasios Island in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece, replete with pine and olive trees.

An Island of One’s Own 2008

It's a breathtaking sight, vaulting the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Corinth.

A Bridge To Nowhere 2008

Everything eventually sailed from Tarentum, Tarentum being the nearer port for voyages heading for Athens around Cape Taenarum or for Patrae on the Gulf of Corinth.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Everything eventually sailed from Tarentum, Tarentum being the nearer port for voyages heading for Athens around Cape Taenarum or for Patrae on the Gulf of Corinth.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

The Rion-Antirion Bridge which opened in August 2004 and links the Peloponnese to mainland Greece across the Gulf of Corinth is insured by Lloyd's of London.

Risks Through The Years Carrie Coolidge 2006

Instead, we would saddle up our own donkeys, and head for Pyrgos, thence overland to Patrae on the southern shore of the Gulf of Corinth, where we would take a ship of my choice up to see the provincial governor.

See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

Sharing a drink; gazing at the sparkling waters of the Gulf of Corinth; considering whether to indulge in a plate of crispy whitebait; each wondering just how much the other knew.

See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

We reached land eventually, at a port called Kyllene up in the Gulf of Corinth, which would serve our purpose.

See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005