CORINTH Antonyms

• the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)

• a town in southeast Ohio

• a university town in northeast Georgia

• the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia

• an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697

• a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries

• a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center

• largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River

• an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)

• an ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC

• an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs

• an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC

• the provincial capital of Veneto; built on 118 islands within a lagoon in the Gulf of Venice; has canals instead of streets; one of Italy's major ports and a famous tourist attraction

• capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

• the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church