COULD OLBIA PONTICA BE THE MYTHICAL OIUM?
Journal: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing eBooks
Year: 2024

The article aims to draw attention to the possibility of identifying the geographical location of the mythical Oium mentioned by Jordanes. The new interpretation is founded on philological rather than any other basis. For the purposes of the hypothesis presented below, it was assumed that Jordanes used Gothic oral traditions, knew Latin at a basic level and did not know much Greek. At the same time, an important assumption constituting the foundation of the following hypothesis is the existence