“The” Greek Colonisation of the Black Sea Area: Historical Interpretation of Archaeology

Goča R. Cecchladze

Franz Steiner Verlag, 1998 - History - 336 pages

Of all the areas colonised by the Greeks, the Black Sea is one of the least-known in the West, although the area is gradually opening up to Western scholarship. This volume presents the work of Western and Eastern scholars - archaeologists, historians, linguists, epigraphists - on the Black Sea. Contents: Greek colonisation of the Black Sea Area: Stages, models and native population (G. R. Tsetskhladze); Greek ideas of the north and the east (M. Vassileva); Pontic interactions: the cult of Sabazios (A. Fol); Notizen zur griechischen Kolonisation am westlichen Schwarzen Meer (M. Lazarov); Apollonia Pontica: Recent discoveries in the Necropolis (K. Panayotova); Zum beginn der romischen Kontrolle der griechischen Stadte an der Westkuste des Pontos Euxeinos (A. Avram); Megaran colonisation in the Western half of the Black Sea (J. Hind); The Greek colonisation of the Black Sea region in the light of private lead letters (Y. Vinogradov); Ionia and the North Pontic Area: Archaic metalworking (M. Treister); Olbia and Berezan: the early pottery (J. Boardman); Archaic Berezan: Historical-archaeological essay (S. Solovev); The foundation of Tauric Chersonesus (S. Y. Saprykin); Greek Colonisation of the Bosporus (G. A. Koshelenko and V. D. Kuznetsov); The Achaeans and the Heniochi: reflections on the origins and history of a Greek rhetorical topos (D. Asheri); Writing and re-inventing colonial origins (D. Braund); Die Grundung von Sinope und die Probleme der Anfangsphase der griechischen Kolonisation des Schwarzmeergebietes (A. L. Ivantchik).

Contents

• Stages Models and Native Population: 9
• the Cult of Sabazios: 79
• Recent Discoveries in: 97
• A Avram Bukarest P Vinicius und Kallatis Zum Beginn: 115
• J Hind Leeds Megarian Colonisation in the Western Half of: 131
• Y Vinogradov Moscow The Greek Colonisation of the Black: 153
• the Early Pottery: 201
• S Y Saprykin Moscow The Foundation of Tauric Chersonesus: 227
• G A Koshelenko and V D Kuznetsov Moscow Greek Colonisation: 249

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Bibliographic information

• Title: “The” Greek Colonisation of the Black Sea Area: Historical Interpretation of Archaeology; Volume 121 of Einzelschriften], [Historia; Issue 121 of Historia (Wiesbaden, Germany).: Einzelschriften; Issue 121 of Historia : Einzelschriften / Historia / Einzelschriften; Volume 121 of Historia : Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte: Einzelschriften; Historia. Heft 121: Einzelschriften; Volume 121 of Historische Mitteilungen
• Editor: Goča R. Cecchladze
• Contributor: Goča R. Cecchladze
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1998
• ISBN: 3515073027, 9783515073028
• Length: 336 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Greece