page_title: Histria (ancient city)
section_title: Archaic Greek layer I (650–600 BC)
hierarchical_section_title: Histria (ancient city) / Archaic Greek layers / Archaic Greek layer I (650–600 BC)
caption_attribution_description: Base of a cult statue in Histria dedicated to Apollon Ietros, i.e. Apollo the healer, 4th century B.C. It reads: _ _ _ΞΕΝΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΛΟΧΟ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙ ΙΗΤΡΩΙ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠΟΛΟΧΟ [ _?] ΤΟ ΘΕΟΔΟΤΟ ΙΕΡΕΩ Translated it means: _ _ _xenos, son of Hippolochos, dedicated this to Apollo the Doctor during the priesthood of Hippolochos son of Theodotos. Comments: the full name of the dedicator is broken away, but there is space for only 3 or perhaps 4 letters in the fractured area. Possibilities include, for example: Theoxenos, Timoxenos, Philoxenos, etc. the letter forms and the absence of the upsilon in the genitive singular suggests a date very early in the 4th century B.C. the cuttings on the top of the base are not typical of a free-standing figure with two delineated feet. Perhaps it was a statue with feet covered by a robe or other drapery. &#8211; Transcription, translation and comments supplied by Greek scholar SGM. JMK (talk) 22:58, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
context_page_description: Histria or Istros, was a Greek colony or polis near the mouths of the Danube, on the western coast of the Black Sea. Histria is derived from the Latin word "Hister", meaning "Danube", the river the city was located near, and "-ia", a suffix added to a word to signify that it was a location or place, as in Gallia or Iberia. Altogether Histria means "On the Danube", "Located near - The Danube". It was the first urban settlement on Romanian territory when founded by Milesian settlers in the 7th century BC. It was under Roman rule from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. Invasions during the 7th century AD rendered it indefensible, and the city was abandoned. In antiquity, it also bore the names Istropolis, Istriopolis, and Histriopolis.
  Histriopolis was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia. As Tabula Peutingeriana shows it is situated between Tomis and Ad Stoma; 11 miles from Tomis and 9 miles from Ad Stoma.
context_section_description: After the stage of emporium, a polis was founded soon after 650 BC. Temples and dwellings of this time were discovered. By the beginning of the VIth  century Histria was already a prosperous colony.
caption: The Apollo sculpture's inscription.
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