Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Masanin falsafar Girka kuma sanatan Roman Herodes Atticus an san shi da tunanin haƙa canal a ƙarni na 2 AD, amma bai sami aikin ba. Mutanen Venetians kuma sun yi la'akari da shi a 1687 bayan da suka ci Peloponnese
amma kuma bai fara wani aiki ba.