- The
Diolkos combined the two
principles of the
railway and the
overland transport of ships, on a
scale that
remained unique in antiquity. The
Diolkos saved...
- The
Diolkos",
Journal of ****enic Studies, Vol. 99 (1979), pp. 152–155 (152) Drijvers, J.W.: "Strabo VIII 2,1 (C335):
Porthmeia and the
Diolkos", Mnemosyne...
-
refers to a
diolkos close to the
harbor of Alexandria,
which may have been
located at the
southern tip of the
island of Pharos.
Another diolkos is mentioned...
-
simpler and less
costly overland stone ramp,
named Diolkos, as a
portage road.
Remnants of
Diolkos still exist today next to the
modern canal. When the...
- The
Diolkos", The
Journal of ****enic Studies, Vol. 99 (1979), pp. 152–155 (152) Drijvers, J.W.: "Strabo VIII 2,1 (C335):
Porthmeia and the
Diolkos", Mnemosyne...
- The
Diolkos", The
Journal of ****enic Studies, Vol. 99 (1979), pp. 152–155 (152) Drijvers, J.W.: "Strabo VIII 2,1 (C335):
Porthmeia and the
Diolkos", Mnemosyne...
-
diolkos de L'Isthme".
Bulletin de
Correspondance ****énique. 81: 526–529. Cook, R.M. (1979). "Archaic Gr**** Trade:
Three Conjectures 1. The
Diolkos"...
- a 6 to 8.5 km long
Diolkos paved trackway transported boats across the
Isthmus of
Corinth in
Greece from
around 600 BC. The
Diolkos was in use for over...
- made to dig it in
around 600 BC by
Periander which led him to pave the
Diolkos highway instead.
Julius Caesar and
Caligula both
considered digging the...
- life.
Periander is also
credited with
inventing a
transport system, the
Diolkos,
across the
Isthmus of Corinth.
Tolls from
goods entering Corinth's port...
