Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, "Pelops' Island", sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth. A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. ... The Isthmus of Corinth— which is the isthmus, the original neck of land so called— is the narrow landbridge which connects the Peloponnesos peninsula with the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth. ...

Its name derives from the Ancient Greek Mythological Hero, 'Pelops', who supposedly conquered the entire region. Of the name, Peloponnesos, 'Pelops' refers to this hero and 'nesos' refers to island, therefore the name means the Island of Pelops. However, Peloponnesos only became a true island with the creation of the Corinthian Canal in 1893. In 2004 Peloponnesos gained a second connection to the mainland, with the completion of the Rio-Antirio bridge. In Greek mythology, Pélops was a son of Tantalus and Dione, and father of Pittheus, Plisthenes, Atreus and Thyestes. ... The Corinth Canal Bungy jumping at the corinth canal. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The piers of the Rio-Antirio bridge can slide on their gravel beds to accommodate tectonic movement. ...

"The Peloponnese" is sometimes used as shorthand for the Peloponnesian League. The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of states in the Peloponnese in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. By the end of the 6th century, Sparta had become the most powerful state in the Peloponnese, and was the political and military hegemon over Argos, the next most powerful state. ...

Though "Peloponnesos" is used to refer to the entire peninsula, the periphery with that name includes only part of that landmass.

In medieval times it was called the Morea, because the Crusaders found it densely planted with mulberry trees (Greek: moreai) used by the flourishing Byzantine silk industry. Map of Greek periphery File links The following pages link to this file: Peloponnesos Talk:Peloponnesos Categories: GFDL images ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The Morea and surrounding states carved from the Byzantine Empire, as they were in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911) The name Morea (Μωρέας) for Peloponnesos first appears in the 10th century in Byzantine chronicles. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ... Species Morus alba - White Mulberry Morus australis - Chinese Mulberry Morus indica - Indian Mulberry Morus microphylla - Texas Mulberry Morus nigra - Black Mulberry Morus rubra - Red Mulberry Morus serrata - Himalayan Mulberry For other meanings, see Mulberry (disambiguation). ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... Silk (< OE sioloc probably < L. SERICVS / Gr. ...

Peloponnesos is a periphery of Greece, consisting of 5 prefectures (Greek: νομοι): The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational subdivisions of Greece. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ...

• Arcadia
• Argolis
• Corinth
• Laconia

• Messinia

The prefectures of Achaea and Ilia are also part of the peninsula, but are part of the West Greece periphery. A small part of the peninsula belongs to the periphery of Attica. Arcadia or Arkadía ( Greek Αρκαδία) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... History: From 1833 to 1899, the prefecture was Argolidocorinthia and included Hydra, Spetses and Kythira. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Laconia (Λακωνία), also known as Lacedaemonia, was in ancient Greece the portion of the Peloponnesus of which the most important city was Sparta. ... Messinia Messinia (also spelled Messenia) is a district in the Peloponnesus, a region of Greece. ... This article is about the modern Greek district Achaea. ... For other uses of the word Ilia, see Ilia (disambiguation). ... Categories: Greece geography stubs ... This article is about Attica in Greece. ...

Map of Peloponnesos. ...

Links

• Peloponnese (Peloponnesos) Guide (http://www.superbgreece.com/Peloponnese/index.htm)