Phocus of Corinth Phocus of Corinth In Greek mythology, Phocus (; Ancient Greek: Φῶκος means "seal") the Corinthian, was a son of Ornytion (or Ornytus) and grandson of Sisyphus; some called him son of Poseidon. Thus he might be the same as the son of Poseidon and Pronoe referenced in the scholia on "Iliad", see above. Leaving the kingdom of Corinth to his brother Thoas, he led a colony to the region of Tithorea and Mount Parnassus; the land came to be named Phocis after him. Phocus is said to have cured the wandering Antiope of her madness, which she had been struck
Metropolis of Corinth Metropolis of Corinth The Metropolis of Corinth, Sicyon, Zemenon, Tarsos and Polyphengos () is a metropolitan see of the Church of Greece in Corinthia, Greece. Since the Middle Ages it has also existed as a Roman Catholic titular see. The current metropolitan (since 2006) is Dionysios Mantalos. The foundation of the See of Corinth is attributed to the Apostle Paul, who is held to have preached in the city and addressed two epistles to the Corinthian Church. His successor and first bishop was Saint Apollo of Ephesus. Pope Clement I also wrote an epistle to the community, in the first