El Isthmus yaseKorinte yenye yazo imimangaliso yamandulo ezisasebenza nanamhlanje kwizixeko ezinembali ebalulekileyo kwezopolitiko, kwezenkcubeko nakwezorhwebo, kuba ngumjelo obalulekileyo owela isixeko saseAthene, uvumela ubugorha bezorhwebo kunye nezothutho lwentengiso.
Imalunga Ijelo malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-6 ubude edibanisa iPeloponnese kunye nekomkhulu laseGrisi, ikwadibanisa iGulf of Megara neKorinte, indawo apho enye yezona zibuko zibalulekileyo kubukhosi bonke baseGrisi yasekwa kumaxesha amandulo.
Okwangoku azikho iinqanawa ezininzi ezihamba kwisitishi esichaphazelekayo, kuba zikhona ezinye zangoku kwaye zicwangciswe ngcono, nangona zihlala zibonwa amaphenyane azele ngabakhenkethi abanika ukhenketho olungalibalekiyo, kuba ukongeza ekubalulekeni kwayo kwimbali yoqoqosho lwamaGrike, eli jelo linika umbono omangalisayo weziza ezibaluleke kakhulu kwaye zinomtsalane kuye nabani na, njengetempile entle ka-Apollo, enye yezona ndawo zindala zikaThixo weeLwandle Iilwandle, kuba ibuyela emva kwinkulungwane BC