CORINTH

a celebrated ancient city: Greece, was situated on the isthmus « that name, which joins the Peloponnest to the mainland. In ancient times i situation brought it great gain, ships fro! the east and west unloading on either sid and getting their goods transported acros St. Paul stayed here some time, and to tt Corinthians addreased two of his epistle The canal are the na ——— ages and begun by Nero, no compen The present town of Corint =. 4,000) is about 3} miles awa the ancient site. CORIOLA’ RUS, a famous Roman wa rior, a patrician, Caius Marcius by nam gained the above surname by his valor at the taking of Corioli, a town of tt Volscians. His haughtine and h severity to the plebeians caused his exib whereupon he took refuge among tt Volscians, and Jed their armies ae ie Rome. His mother’s tears ind his to lead his | away, and soon after war« he was a tabbed. [s. 109]