Κεγχρεαί

Kenchreai, Cenchreae

Translated by David Whitehead30 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

Name of a place.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κεγχρεαί· ὄνομα τόπου.

Betacode

*kegxreai/: o)/noma to/pou.

This toponym is perhaps best known as that of the eastern-facing (Saronic Gulf) port of Corinth: aerial photograph by Raymond V. Schoder, S.J., at web address 1. But Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. also notes places of this name in the Troad and in Italy.