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The Isthmus with the Canal of Corinth close to where the diolkos ran. Strategic position of the Isthmus of Corinth between two seas. The Diolkos (Δίολκος, from the Greek dia διά, "across", and holkos ὁλκός, "portage machine" [1]) was a paved trackway near Corinth in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth.
This road could be considered superior to any Roman road. [48] The Via Pythia (or Pythian road) was the route to Delphi. It was revered [citation needed] throughout the Ancient Greek world as the site of the Omphalos stone (the centre of the earth and universe).
Cryo-is from the Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “ice, icy cold, chill, frost”). Uses of the prefix Cryo- include: Physics and geology.
The Isthmus of Corinth (Greek: Ισθμός της Κορίνθου) is the narrow land bridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the rest of the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. The Isthmus was known in the ancient world as the landmark separating the Peloponnese from mainland Greece.
A fifth, well-preserved Mycenaean bridge is located in the wider region at Lykotroupi in northern Argolis, where it was part of another Mycenaean main road. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Its measurements are close to the Arkadiko Bridge: 5.20 m (17.1 ft) wide at the bottom, 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in) at the top and with a corbelled arch span of a little more than a metre.
When an ice road is part of a winter road, as is commonly the case, its design and construction is comprised within the overall road planning, i.e. in conjunction with the over-land segments. [2] Either way, factors that need to be addressed before construction include the following:
The Sacred Way (Ancient Greek: Ἱερὰ Ὁδός, Hierá Hodós), in ancient Greece, was the road from Athens to Eleusis. It was so called because it was the route taken by a procession celebrating the Eleusinian Mysteries. The procession to Eleusis began at the Sacred Gate in the Kerameikos (the Athenian cemetery) on the 19th Boedromion.
Map of the Achaemenid Empire showing the location of Cyropolis in Sogdiana.. Cyreschata (Old Persian: Kuruškaθa), [4] [5] better known by its Latin name Cyropolis (Ancient Greek: Κυρούπολις or Κύρου πόλις, Kyroúpolis), [6] both meaning "City of Cyrus", was an ancient city founded by Cyrus the Great to mark the northeastern border of his Achaemenid Empire.