Excerpt from Goldsmith's History of Greece, Abridged, Vol. 1 of 2 Corinth began to be formed into a state at a latter A. M. 2820. Period than any of the kingdoms above mentioned. Its first sovereign was Sisy phua the son of Bolus and upon the expulsion of his descendants Bacchia assumed the reins' of power. The government after this became aristocra tical a chief magistrate being annually chosen by the name of Prytanis. At last Cypselus usurped the supreme authority which be transmitted to his son Periander who was reckoned one of the seven wise men of Greece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.