Corinth's importance as a city was increased by its position as a hub for travelers through Asia Minor and Europe. Because it was home to two ports, Cenchreae on the eastern side of the isthmus connecting Asia and Lechaeum on the western link with Italy, it became known as the city of two seas. Although it was a small city, covering only four square kilometers, it provided landing place for ships traveling from both the east and west as travelers headed to the larger and more significant cities further inland. Traffic through Corinth was constantly flowing, as was tax revenue. This made Corinth particularly rich. Furthermore, the land was fertile with numerous Nemea and Longopotamus springs and rivers nearby. Dominating the city was the Acrocorinth, a hill 575 meters above sea level. In particular, the temple of Aphrodite Hoplismene was built on the top of the Acrocorinth. A wall of over 10 kilometers enclosed the city and its mountain.HistoryThe history of the city has two clearly distinguishable periods. In the first period it was a Greek city that prospered during the most glorious years of Athens, around the 5th century BC. She enjoyed great success and was well known for her ceramics, shipbuilding and architecture. Its strong and diverse economy was well managed by the wealthy for centuries. Athenian writers described the Corinth of this time as a place where prostitution was widespread. The Greek writers Philetaerus and Poliochus, for example, wrote plays titled Corinthians, meaning "The Whoremonger." Plato on the other hand used the term “A Corinthian girl” to mean a prostitute. Despite this evidence, Corinth may have been no worse than any other Roman city of......middle of paper......graphic contribution that I Corinthians makes to the canon of Scripture.Works CitedBetz, Hans Dieter, and Margaret M Mitchell. "Corinthians, first letter to" Anchor Bible Dictionary. Ed. Noël Freedman. vol. 1. New York: Doubleday, 1993. Carson, D. A., and Douglas J. Moo. An introduction to the New Testament. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2005.Fee, Gordon D.. The First Letter to the Corinthians. Grand Rapids, Michigan: WB Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1987. Fitzmyer, Joseph A.. First Corinthians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.Garland, David E.. 1 Corinthians. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2003.Martin, Ralph P.. 2 Corinthians. Waco, Tex.: Word Books, 1986Murphy-O'Connor, J. "Corinth (Place)" Anchor Bible Dictionary. Ed. Noël Freedman. vol. 1. New York: double day, 1993.