Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
COR'INTH, the capital of Achaia, and a renowned and voluptuous city of Greece, about 40 miles west of Athens, on an isthmus about 10 miles wide at that point. It had two sea-ports, Cenchrea, on the east, about 9 miles distant, and Lechaion, on the west, only about 2 miles away. Corinth was about 5 miles in circuit, and on the south an immense rocky mountain called Aeroeorinthus rises abruptly to the height of 2000 feet, upon the summit of which was a temple of Venus.
It had an extensive commerce, like all the large towns on the Mediterranean Sea, and became celebrated for its wealth, magnificence, and learning. It was esteemed as the light and ornament of all Greece. It was, however, no less remarkable for its corruption and licentiousness. "To live as at Corinth" was a proverb meaning profligate indulgence, and the name "Corinthian" applied to a woman was infamous. d.
D. 64-57, a short second visit (" by the way"), not mentioned in the Acts, but implied in 1 Cor 16:7; 2 Cor 12:13-14; Acts 13:1, where he speaks of Corinth and Aeroeorinthus an intended third journey to Corinth, which coincides with that in Acts 20:2; and spent there the three winter months, from 57 to 58, during which he wrote the Epistle to the Romans, Acts 20:2-3; comp, 1 Cor 16:6; Rom 16:1. He wrote two letters to the Christians in that city, rebuking their sins, and refers to the Isthmian games celebrated at Corinth every Olympiad.