(‘It is said that the Corinthians were the first to approach the modern style of naval architecture, and that Corinth was the first place in Hellas where galleys were built’. The first reports of a modern style of naval architecture come from Corinth. In modern idiom we can add that necessity was “the mother of invention”. From the latter we inherit the maxim pleîn anankè, better known as “navigare necesse est”. As you went up the Acrocorinthus, the mountain peak above the city, you could not only see the altars to Helios and Aphrodite, but behind those were the sanctuaries of Bia and Anankè. In Corinth, where fertile land was scarce, trade and navigation were not a luxury, but a necessity. Poverty, overpopulation, and a drive for colonisation always went hand in hand. Détail d’une coupe à figures noires datée v.530-510. On the bow, the apotropaic ophthalmós (eye) and the cutwater (shaped as a wild boar). Two ancient Greek ship forms, depicted on the rim of a kylix (530-510 BCE). Many other colonies were started from this mother-city and a class of wealthy Corinthian merchants developed.
Together with eight other sponsor-cities, Corinth also founded the colony of Naukratis in Egypt.Īt first, Naukratis was nothing more than some camps on the sides of the Nile, but later trade volume increased and Naukratis became an important trading post. Corfu was a stepping stone for the trade route to Italy, where Corinth settled at Syracuse on Sicily. In 730 BCE, the Corinthians sailed out to settle and found new cities: first they took over Corfu from the Eretrians an island with good timber for ship construction. Here is the story of “Navigare necesse est” or “To sail is necessary. Time for the chair of the KNVTS Ship of the Year Committee Rien de Meij to take a step back and reflect on the idea of “vision”. The KNVTS has a proud tradition to connect its vision on the future with a view on the historic past of shipbuilding practice.
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