Hellenic colonization in Euxeinos Pontos
Subtitle: Penetration, early establishment, and the problem of the "emporion" revisited
By: Elias K. Petropoulos.
Series: BAR international series ;; 1394
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781841718323
Subjects: Greeks -- Colonization -- Black Sea Region.; Black Sea Region -- Antiquities.; Black Sea Region -- History.
Description: ix, 181 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-173) and index. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--State University of Moscow, 1999.
Table of contents: title: Prologue … v; title: Preface and Acknowledgements … viii; title: ◦; title: Sources; title: — Written Sources … 1; title: — Archaeological Sources … 3; title: Historiography of the Problem … 6; title: ◦; title: I. THE EARLIEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR GREEK PRESENCE IN THE NORTHERN EUXEINOS PONTOS (7th – First Quarter of 6th century B.C.) … 15; title: ◦; title: a) Greek penetration of the Euxeinos Pontos in early years … 15; title: b) Modern scholarly views concerning the various problems associated with the early history of the Northern Black Sea … 21; title: c) Early archaeological evidence for Greek colonization in the Northern Black Sea littoral … 24; title: d) Greek pottery of the second quarter of the 7th century B.C. … 29; title: e) Greek pottery of the third quarter of the 7th century B.C. … 32; title: f) Greek pottery of the final quarter of the 7th century B.C. … 43; title: g) Greek pottery in the end of the 7th and beginning of the 6th century B.C. … 49; title: h) Some conclusions from the study of the early archaeological evidence … 57; title: ◦; title: II. THE PROBLEMS OF THE “EMPORION” (PORT OF TRADE): MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND PARTICULARITIES IN THE ANCIENT WRITTEN TRADITION ... 75; title: ◦; title: a) Recent scholarly views concerning the meaning of the term “emporion” (“trading port” or “port of trade”) … 75; title: b) The emporion in the books of Herodotos … 81; title: c) The “emporion” in the Mediterranean … 83; title: d) Herodotos I, 165: the Oinoussai emporion … 92; title: e) Herodotos II, 178-179: the emporion – polis Naukratis … 93; title: f) The emporion in the fourth book of Herodotos's “Historiai” … 106; title: g) A unique epigraphic monument from the Thracian area … 109; title: h) The emporion in Chersonesos Taurike … 113; title: i) Selected conclusions from the study of the term “emporion” and the problem of the “emporion period” … 121; title: ◦; title: Epilogue … 127; title: Abbreviations … 131; title: Acronyms … 133; title: Cyrillic Bibliography … 137; title: Bibliography … 159; title: General Index … 174