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Diolkos

The Diolkos (Δίολκος, from the Greek dia διά, "across", and holkos ὁλκός, "portage machine") was a paved trackway near Corinth in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth. The shortcut allowed ancient vessels to avoid the long and dangerous circumnavigation of the Peloponnese peninsula. The phrase "as fast as…

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related to References · 51
Diolkos → Alexandria, Archaic Greek Trade, Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, Brian, Bulletin, C335, Conference, Cook, Corinth, Corinthe, Correspondance Hellénique, Der Diolkos, Die Ausgrabungen, Early Railways, Egyptian Archaeology, First International Early Railways, Georges, Greece, Greek
related to Role in warfare · 27
Diolkos → Actium, AD, After, Ancient Greek, Athens, Bay, BC, Byzantine, Cape Malea, Chios, Corinth, Demetrius, Greek, In, Isthmus, Liburnians, Macedonian, Marc Antony, Niketas Oryphas, Octavian
related to Modern exploration · 20
Diolkos → Additional, Baedeker, Béla Gerster, Corinth Canal, Even, Georges Raepsaet, German, Greek, Habbo Gerhard Lolling, Harold North Fowler, In, Isthmus, James George Frazer, Nikolaos Verdelis, Pausanias, Remains, Systematic, The, Verdelis, Walter Werner
related to Function · 16
Diolkos → Aegean Sea, Athens, By, Cape Malea, Cape Matapan, Corinth, Greece, Gulf, In, Ionian, Ionian Sea, Isthmus, Little, Peloponnese, Saronic Gulf, The Diolkos
related to Other ship trackways · 15
Diolkos → AD, Alexandria, Another, Apart, Corinth, IV, Mediterranean Sea, Neither Xenocrates, Nile, Oribasius, Pharos, Ptolemy, Roman Egypt, The, Xenocrates
related to Course · 14
Diolkos → Bay, Corinth, Corinth Canal, From, Isthmus, Its, Kalamaki, Saronic Gulf, Schoinos, Sections, Strabo, The, The Diolkos, There
related to history · 12
Diolkos → AD, Ancient, BC, Corinth, Excavated, For Thucydides, Isthmus, Much, Nero's, Periander, Possibly, The Diolkos
related to Role in commerce · 10
Diolkos → Cape Malea, Coinciding, Comments, Corinth, Despite, Elder, Greece, It, Pliny, Strabo
related to Ancient railway · 9
Diolkos → According, Also, British, Generally, However, Lewis, Measuring, On, While
related to Track and transport · 8
Diolkos → Although, Either, Isthmus, Ship, Since, The, The Diolkos, To

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Diolkosrelated to Ancient railwayAccording0.60section
Diolkosrelated to Ancient railwayBritish0.60section
Diolkosrelated to Ancient railwayLewis0.60section
Diolkosrelated to Ancient railwayMeasuring0.60section
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Diolkosrelated to Ancient railwayHowever0.60section
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Diolkosrelated to Ancient railwayGenerally0.60section
Diolkosrelated to CourseThe Diolkos0.60section
Diolkosrelated to CourseIsthmus0.60section
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