Corinthianism

a term derived from the cla ics, much in vogue some years ago, implying pugilism, high life, “sprees,” roystering, .—Shakspeare, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4. The immorality of Corinth was proverbial in Greece. Κορινθιάζεσθαι, to Corinthianize , indulge in the company of courtezans, was a Greek slang expre ion. Hence the proverb— Οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς εἰς Κόρινθον ἔσθ᾿ ὁ πλοῦς; and Horace , Epist. lib. 1, xvii. 36— “Non cuivis hommi contingit adire Corinthum,” in allusion to the spoliation practised by the “hetæræ” on those who visited them. Pierce Egan, in his Life in London , is responsible for a deal of the modern use of this word; and after him Bell’s Life , as the oracle of Corinthian sport, was not idle.