Corinth - Mycenae [antikvár]

ARGOLISAND THE REGION AROUND CORINTHThe Isthmus of Corinth separates the Peloponnesus from Attica. The Argolis-Co-rinth region is the part of the Peloponnesus that extends furthest to the east: a peninsula that juts out into the Aegean Sea. To the north-east, on the other side of the Saronic Gulf and the island of Aegina, lies Attica with its " riviera ", through which one passes when one drives from Athens along a magnificent highway to Cape Sunium. In the south and south-west, it is bounded by the Gulf of Argolis and in the north it fringes on the Corinthiacus, the Gulf of Corinth. High mountain ranges divide it from Arcadia to the west, ranges that tend to converge further south: the northernmost mountain is Cyllene or Ziria (7816 ft.), where, as legend tells us, Hermes was born; progressing south, we pass mounts Oligyrtus, Trachy, Lyrdiion, Artemisium (5832 ft) and finally Ktenias, along the ridge of which the road connecting Argos with Tripolis was built. From it one has a splendid view of both the entire plain and the Gulf of Argolis.