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	PERIANDER OF CORINTH
		Periander of Corinth was one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
		Periander was married to Melissa, daughter of Procles (tyrant of Epidaurus).
		Periander died in 586 BC and was succeeded by Psammetichus.
	www.ancientworlds.net /5121 (393 words)

	Periander
		Periander, on being consulted by the tyrant Thrasybulus of Miletus as to the best device for maintaining himself in power, by way of reply led the messenger through a cornfield, and as he walked struck off the tallest and best-grown ears (a legend applied to Roman circumstances in Livy I 54).
		Periander further appears as a patron of literature, for it was by his invitation that the poet Arion came to Corinth to organize the dithyramb.
		Periander was reckoned one of the seven sages of Greece, and was the reputed author of a collection of maxims in 2000 verses.
	www.nndb.com /people/696/000097405 (453 words)

	Periander : Information and resources about Periander : School Work Guru
		He upgraded Corinth's port, and built a ramp across the Isthmus of Corinth so that ships could be dragged across (the diolkos), avoiding the sea route around the Peloponnese.
		However, Periander was later considered the typical evil tyrant (for example, by Aristotle).
		Their son Lycophron discovered that his father was the murderer, so Periander exiled him from Corinth and forbade any of his subjects to shelter him.
	www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/p/pe/periander.html (279 words)

	Periander biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		A tyrant of Corinth from about 625 to 585 B.C. He was a son and successor of the tyrant Cypselus.
		He was energetic as a warrior and distinguished as a patron of poetry and music and is by some reckoned as one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece; many wise maxims were ascribed to him.
		Later, when Periander, wishing to see his son, undertook to visit Corcyra, the Corcyreans, terrified at the prospect and hoping to avert the visit, put Lycophron to death.
	www.dromo.info /perianderbio.htm (160 words)

	Corinth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The tyranny at Corinth (or Korinth), located on top of the southern half of Greece just west of the isthmus, was one of the first tyrannies in ancient Greece.
		Corinth was ruled by an aristocratic family called the Bacchiadae (Bakiaday).
		Periander understood what he meant and killed or exiled all the citizens who might stand against him.
	atschool.eduweb.co.uk /sirrobhitch.suffolk/Portland%20State%20University%20Greek%20Civilization%20Home%20Page%20v2/DOCS/11/corinth.htm (413 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Historical Tales: Greek by Charles Morris
		The government of Corinth, like most of the governments of Greece, was in early days an oligarchy,—that is, it was ruled by a number of powerful aristocrats instead of by a single king.
		Periander, seeing that the boy was uncontrollable in his indignation, and troubled at heart by the piteous spectacle, now sent him by ship to the island of Corcyra, a colony of Corinth.
		Then Periander sent his daughter, the sister of Lycophron, hoping that she might be able to persuade him.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=morris&book=greek&story=corinth (1708 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Arion
		Arion was a famous poet in Greek mythology (originally of Lesbos) who lived in the court of King Periander of Corinth, Greece.
		Arion then continued to Corinth by other means and arrived before the sailors that tried to kill him.
		The sailors believed Arion was dead in the sea, and on arrival in Corinth they told the king that Arion had decided to remain in Italy.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ar/Arion (260 words)

	Periander Article, Periander Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		He upgraded Corinth's port, and built aramp across the Isthmus of Corinth so that ships could bedragged across (the diolkos), avoiding the sea route around the Peloponnese.
		Periander was included by most authors in the Seven Sagesof Greece.
		According to Herodotus, Periander also held the musical contest that was wonby the poet Arion.
	www.anoca.org /corinth/tyrant/periander.html (276 words)

	The Seven Sages, Greek Mythology Link
		It was then that the banishments and slaughters began again; and Periander is also credited with having stripped naked all the women of Corinth, after an apparition of his dead wife had declared that she was cold and naked.
		So Periander had to drive the boy from his house, but as Lycophron (for that was his son's name) stayed in the house of friends, Periander sent a message to those with whom his son was living and forbade them to keep him.
		Now 'Time is a great healer', and Periander, having become very old, sent for Lycophron to succeed him in the tyranny (his other son being slow-witted), but the son did not even reply to the invitation.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/SevenSages.html (10036 words)

	Detail Page
		The son and successor of Cypselus, Periander reigned energetically over a city that was the most prosperous in Greece.
		Periander's city was the cultural capital of mainland Greece.
		After one of Periander's sons was killed in Corcyra (probably as governor), Periander took 300 boys from Corcyra's foremost families and shipped them as a gift to the Lydians, to be turned into eunuchs.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=GRE0388 (459 words)

	Prominent Greeks of Antiquity. Philosophers, Statesmen, Historians...
		The seven wise men of antiquity who lived in Greek territories in the 6th century BC and became known for their social or political wisdom and prudence: Thalis of Miletus, Pittacus of Mytilene, Solon of Athens, Bias of Priene, Cleoboulos of Rhodes, Chilon of Sparta and Periander of Corinth.
		Periander was tyrant of Corinth for 40 years.
		Periander, patron of poets and artists, is reputed to have been the author of a collection of maxims in 2000 verses.
	www.greecetaxi.gr /index/greek_philosophers.html (2278 words)

	Periander of Corinth
		Periander (627 – 585) BC, son of Cypselus ruler of Corinth for more than 40 years.
		Instead he constructed the Diolcos, a stone road that ships were carried on wheeled platforms from the eastern port of Cenchreae, in the Saronic gulf, to the western port of Lechaeon, in the Corinthian gulf.
		Periander founded new colonies for Corinth such as Naucratis in Egypt.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Live/Writer/Periander.htm (466 words)

	corinth - monika.st (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Corinth is as city at the western end of...
		Corinth, NY is located on the banks of the Hudson River in the foothills of the...
		Corinth is a city in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States.
	www.monika.st /site/corinth (282 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 452 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		At last Periander made proclamation that whoever harbored his son or even spoke to him, should forfeit a certain sum of money to Apollo.
		Then Periander knew that there was no cure for the youth's malady, nor means of overcoming it.
		As for Procles, Periander, regarding him as the true author of all his present troubles, went to war with him as soon as his son was gone, and not only made himself master of his kingdom Epidaurus, but also took Procles himself, and carried him into captivity.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_452.htm (405 words)

	Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Periander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		In the course of the late seventh and sixth century, when Greece was experiencing rapid social and political changes, many Greek towns were ruled by so-called tyrants or sole rulers.
		Periander was the son of Gorgus, the founder of Ambracia (more correctly Ampracia), and grandson of Periander tyrant of Corinth.
		A conspiracy was formed against Periander, the tyrant of Ambracia, because, while drinking with his favorite youth lover, he asked him, "Are you pregnant by me, yet?" and was promptly knifed by his boyfriend.
	www.andrejkoymasky.com /liv/fam/biop2/peri2.html (174 words)

	Herodotus - The Histories - Page 453 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		As time went on, and Periander came to be old, he found himself no longer equal to the oversight and management of affairs.
		But Periander's heart was set upon the youth, so he sent again to him, this time by his own daughter, the sister of Lycophron, who would, he thought, have more power to persuade him than any other person.
		And Periander was making ready to pass into Corcyra and his son to return to Corinth, when the Corcyraeans, being informed of what was taking place, to keep Periander away, put the young man to death.
	www.galileolibrary.com /ebooks/eu04/herodotus_page_453.htm (296 words)

	Corinth Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		he ancient city of Corinth, known at least by name from the Apostle Paul’s talks to the Corintheans in the Bible, is now famous for its canal, one of the more impressive feats of 19th century engineering.
		In the late seventh or early sixth century BC, the tyrants of Corinth constructed á paved road called the Diolkos which led from Schinous on the Saronic Gulf to Poseidonia on the Gulf of Corinth.
		The canal is crossed by road and railway bridges, while communications between Central Greece and the Peloponnese are also served by two 'ferries' in the form of submersible bridges, one at either end (Poseidonia and Isthmia).
	www.sunrisevillagebeachhotel.com /corinth_canal.htm (513 words)

	Corinth, a City of Ancient Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Corinth established colonies at Corcyra and Syracuse in 733 BCE.
		Cypselus (Kypselos) became the tyrant at Corinth in 657 BCE by overthrowing the government.
		Periander was tyrant at Corinth from 625 to 585 BCE.
	www.fjkluth.com /corinth.html (339 words)

	Periander admits having sex with dead wife
		Periander was a friend of Athens, and also had strong ties with Miletus
		However, Periander was also slightly mad and cruel.
		Periander died at an old age, and was succeeded by his son
	www.legalspring.com /articles/uk-legal/20060226/1143133_Periander-admits-hav.html (345 words)

	Periander - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		His rule raised his city to a high state of prosperity, and he established friendly relations with other rulers.
		He established colonies at Potidaea and probably at Apollonia near the Adriatic coast, and he fought successfully against Epidaurus and Corcyra (now Kérkira).
		During his reign the arts flourished, as is evidenced by the ruins of the Apollo temple and the Peirene fountain at Corinth and the Gorgon pediment at Corcyra.
	www.free-encyclopedia.com /html/P/Periande.asp (253 words)

	Corinth Canal - History
		B.C. Ancient writers relate that, in 602 B.C., Periander, Tyrant of Corinth and one of the Seven Sages of Antiquity, was the first man to seriously consider the possibility of opening a canal through the Isthmus.
		Periander is said to have given up on his plans fearing the wrath of the gods.
		Once there, Nero was arrested on charges of treason and was sentenced to death in 68 A.D. The unfinished canal fell to oblivion and was overtaken by tales of superstition and supernatural lore.
	www.corinthcanal.com /history1.html (412 words)

	BBC - Schools - Ancient Greece Corinth
		In the 7th century BC, a man called Kypselos overthrew the government of Corinth.
		When Kypselos died, his son Periander took over the role of tyrant.
		Soon after Periander's death, Corinth was ruled by a council of 80 men.
	www.bbc.co.uk /schools/ancientgreece/corinth/govt.shtml (105 words)

	Arion Homework Page
		The poet Arion lived about B.C. 625, and spent a great part of his time in the court of King Periander of Corinth, but one day he received news that there was to be a musical contest in the island of Sicily, in Italy.
		The crew thought that he had perished so they sailed back to Corinth, certain that the poet had drowned and gleefully thinking of ways to spend their new-found loot.
		A small variation of the story claims that Arion reached land in Corinth carried by the hero dolphin, but that he forgot to push the dolphin back into the sea and it perished there.
	www.thanasis.com /arion.htm (984 words)

	Ancient Greek Online library \| Thalia by Herodotus \| page 14
		Periander at last, growing furious at such behaviour, banished him
		Periander, secing how wretched his son was, that he neither washed nor
		Periander knew that there was no cure for the youth's malady, nor
	www.greektexts.com /library/Herodotus/Thalia/eng/60.html (947 words)

	Delphinus
		In gratitude, the god set an image of the dolphin among the stars to be remembered forever.
		Another story tells of the poet and musician Arion who had earned a fortune in the court of King Periander of Corinth.
		Arion spent many years in Corinth, but he had not been born there.
	www.domeofthesky.com /clicks/del.html (325 words)

	Chapter Winterblossom <i>to</i> Wishfort of W by Brewer's Readers Handbook
		(4) Bias of Prienê, (5) Cleobulos of Lindos, (6) Pittacos of Mitylenê, (7) Periander of Corinth, or, according to Plato, Myson of Chenæ.
		Periander is said to have gained, thro’ his court,
		N.B.—One of Plutarch’s brochures in the Moralia is entitled, “The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men,” in which Periander is made to give an account of a contest at Chalcis between Homer and Hesiod.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1133/15092/3.html (476 words)

	Corinth Canal
		The Corinth Canal links the Gulf of Corinth in the northwest with the Saronic Gulf in the southeast.
		The canal is 3.9 miles (6.3 km) long and has a water depth of 26 feet (8 m).
		The Corinth Canal with the road bridge overhead.
	www.grisel.net /corinth_canal.htm (413 words)

	Diogenes Laertius Lives of the Philosophers: Periander, translated by C.D. Yonge
		BY DIOGENES LAERTIUS, TRANSLATED BY C.D. PERIANDER was a Corinthian, the son of Cypselus, of the family of the Heraclidae.
		I give great thanks to Apollo of Delphi that my letters are able to determine you all to meet together at Corinth; and I will receive you all, as you may be well assured, in a manner that becomes free citizens.
		So now do not hesitate to come to me, who am the tyrant of Corinth; for the Corinthians will all be delighted to see you come to the house of Periander.
	www.classicpersuasion.org /pw/diogenes/dlperiander.htm (913 words)

	Literatis: Samuel Johnson - dictionary - Lichfield - Rambler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		THE maxim which Periander of Corinth, one of the seven sages of Greece, left as a memorial of his knowledge and benevolence, was Χολου χρατει, Be master of thy anger.
		He considered anger as the great disturber of human life, the chief enemy both of public happiness and private tranquility, and thought that he could not lay on posterity a stronger obligation to reverence his memory, than by leaving them a salutary caution against this outrageous passion.
		From anger, in its full import, protracted into malevolence, and exerted in revenge, arise, indeed, many of the evils to which the life of man is exposed.
	www.lectris.com /literatis/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=20 (166 words)

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