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Isthmus of Corinth

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Isthmus of Corinth

Isthmus of Corinth

The Isthmus of Corinth adalah jambatan tanah sempit yang menghubungkan semenanjung Peloponnese dengan seluruh tanah besar Greece, dekat kota Korintus. Perkataan "isthmus" berasal dari perkataan Yunani Kuno untuk "leher" dan merujuk kepada sempit tanah. Isthmus dikenali di dunia purba sebagai mercu tanda yang memisahkan Peloponnese dari tanah besar Greece. Pada abad pertama CE ahli geografi Strabo mencatatkan tugu di Isthmus of Corinth, yang menanggung dua inskripsi. Satu ke arah Timur, iaitu ke arah Megara di Attica yang membaca: "Ini bukan Peloponnesus, tetapi Ionia" dan yang satu ke arah Barat, iaitu ke Peloponnese: "Di sini adalah Peloponnesus, bukan Ionia"; Plutarch menegaskan pendirian stele kepada Theus, pahlawan Theus, dalam perjalanan ke Athens. Di sebelah barat Isthmus adalah Teluk Corinth, di timur Teluk Saronic. Sejak tahun 1893, Canal Korintus telah berjalan melalui isthmus luas 6.3 km, dengan berkesan menjadikan pulau Peloponnese sebagai sebuah pulau. Hari ini, dua jambatan jalan raya, dua jambatan keretapi dan dua jambatan tenggelam di kedua-dua hujung kanal menyambung bahagian utama tanah isthmus dengan bahagian Peloponnese.

The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow land bridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the rest of the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. The word "isthmus" comes from the Ancient Greek word for "neck" and refers to the narrowness of the land. The Isthmus was known in the ancient world as the landmark separating Peloponnese from mainland of Greece. In the first century CE the geographer Strabo noted a pillar on the Isthmus of Corinth, which bore two inscriptions. One towards the East, i.e. towards Megara in Attica reading: "Here is not Peloponnesus, but Ionia" and the one towards the West, i.e. towards the Peloponnese: "Here is Peloponnesus, not Ionia"; Plutarch ascribed the erection of the stele to the Attic hero Theseus, on his way to Athens. To the west of the Isthmus is the Gulf of Corinth, to the east the Saronic Gulf. Since 1893 the Corinth Canal has run through the 6.3 km wide isthmus, effectively making the Peloponnese an island. Today, two road bridges, two railway bridges and two submersible bridges at both ends of the canal connect the mainland side of the isthmus with the Peloponnese side.