Acrocorinthus

Acrocorinthus

Acrocorinthus, ī, f. (Ἀκροκόρινθος), die Burg-, Hochstadt von Korinth, Liv. 33, 31, 11 u.a. Mel. 2, 3, 7. (2. § 48). Plin. 4, 11.


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