1. City-State of Corinth

5. 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 Corinth
Famous 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

6. 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.)

7. 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”

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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

11. Currency Silver coins called “colts” or “staters”
Had Athena in a Corinthian Helmet and Pegasus on the other side