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Kechries is situated near a broad bay at the western end of the Saronic Gulf, called Kechries Bay.This coastline forms the easternmost point of the Corinth Fault. The area has frequently felt the impact of seismic activity, which has led to the moderate subsidence of the coastline since ancient times.
Cenchreae or Kenchreai (Ancient Greek: Κεγχρεαί), also Cenchreiae or Kenchreiai (Κεγχρειαί), was a town in ancient Argolis, south of Argos, and on the road from the latter city to Tegea. Pausanias says that it was to the right of the Trochus (τρόχος), a carriage road leading to Lerna.
Cenchreae or Kenchreai (Ancient Greek: Κεγχρεαί) was a city of the ancient Troad. According to Stephanus of Byzantium , the city was that "in which Homer lived while he was inquiring of the things that concerned the Trees.".
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Phoebe (Koine Greek: Φοίβη) was a first-century Christian woman mentioned by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, verses 16:1–2.A notable woman in the church of Cenchreae, she was trusted by Paul to deliver his letter to the Romans. [1]
The origin of the gulf's name comes from the mythological king Saron who drowned at the Psifaei lake (modern Psifta).The Saronic Gulf was a string of six entrances to the Underworld, [1] [2] each guarded by a chthonic enemy in the shape of a thief or bandit.
Isthmia is located on the key land route connecting Athens and central Greece with Corinth and the Peloponnese.Its location on the Isthmus, between the major Corinthian ports of Lechaeum on the Gulf of Corinth and Cenchreae on the Saronic Gulf, made Isthmia a natural site for the worship of Poseidon, god of the sea and also of mariners.
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