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Acrocorinth

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[ak-ruh-kawr-inth, -kor-] / ˌæk rəˈkɔr ɪnθ, -ˈkɒr- /

noun

  1. the citadel of ancient Corinth: strategic in the control of the Isthmus of Corinth; extensive ruins.


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Acrocorinth, on mountain high, Now burns upon the wanderer's eye, And he begins, with pious dread, Poseidon's grove of firs to tread.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich

One can see that splendid heap of rock and clay from the distant Falls of Montmorency, standing out as the Acropolis of Athens or as Acrocorinth may be seen from some far-off point of view.

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin