Hellenic Colonization in Euxeinos Pontos:

Penetration, Early Establishment,

and the Problem of the "emporion" Revisited

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BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORTS (BAR) INTERNATIONAL SERIES 1394,

Oxford, 2005 (click here)

by Elias K. Petropoulos.

ISBN 1841718327. £32.00. ix+181 pages; 2 maps, 2 plates, 4 tables; Index.

Reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review

by D. Burcu Erciyas,

Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

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This volume results from the author's researches into the archaeological data which came to light from

settlement excavations in the northern Euxeinos Pontos. This is the sum of all archaeological evidence

attesting to the presence in this area of emporia settlements. The author's sources include inscriptions,

written, and archaeological material. The aim of the study is to offer as accurate a description as possible

of the Black Sea emporia (from the data provided by modern in situ research) covering in particular the period

from the middle of the 7th c BC to around 580 BC. Permanent settlements were founded by Greek colonists as

early as the mid 7th century in and around the Black Sea region. This revised thesis seeks to describe and examine the nature of these permanent emporia from this period until 590/580BC, as well as well as determine the

conditions under which they appeared and how they compared to other settlements traditionally labelled as colonies.

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C  O  N   T  E  N  T  S  -  Π Ε Ρ Ι Ε Χ Ο Μ Ε Ν Α

Prologue, by Pr. Jan Bouzek (= click here)                                           ... v

Preface and acknowledgements (= click here)                                     ... vii

Sources

Written Sources                                                                                 ... 1

Archaeological Sources                                                                      ... 3

Historiography of the Problem                                                      ... 6

                          CHAPTER I

THE EARLIEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR GREEK PRESENCE IN THE NORTHERN EUXEINOS PONTOS (7th - FIRST QUARTER OF 6th Century B.C.)

I-a) Greek penetration of the Euxeinos Pontos in early years                ... 15

I-b) Modern scholarly views concerning the various problems associated with the early history of the Northern Black Sea                                                                             ... 21

I-c) Early archaeological evidence for Greek Colonization in the Northern Black Sea littoral    ... 24

I-d) Greek pottery of the second quarter of the 7th century B.C.           ... 29

I-e) Greek pottery of the third quarter of the 7th century B.C.              ... 32

I-f) Greek pottery of the final quarter of the 7th century B.C.               ... 43

I-g) Greek pottery in the end of the 7th and beginning of the 6th century B.C.             ... 49

I-h) Some conclusions from the study of the early archaeological evidence                  ... 57

                        CHAPTER II

THE PROBLEMS OF THE "EMPORION" (PORT OF TRADE): MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND PARTICULARITIES IN THE ANCIENT WRITTEN TRADITION

II-a) Recent scholarly views concerning the meaning of the term "emporion" ("trading port" or "port of trade")                                                                                                                    ... 75

II-b) The emporion in the books of Herodotos                                                           ... 81

II-c) The "emporion" in the Mediterranean                                                                ... 83

II-d) Herodotos I,165: The Oinoussai emporion                                                         ... 92

II-e) Herodotos II,178-179: The emporion-polis Naukratis                                         ... 93

II-f) The emporion in the fourth book of Herodotos's "Historiai"                                 ... 106

II-g) A unique epigraphic monument from the Thracian area                                     ... 110

II-h) The emporion in Chersonesos Taurike                                                              ... 113

II-i) Selected conclusions from the study of the term "emporion" and the problem of the "emporion period"                                                                                                                   ... 121

EPILOGUE                                                                                                               ... 127

ABBREVIATIONS                                                                                                      ... 131

CYRILLIC BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                                                         ... 137

BIBLIOGRAPHY                                                                                                        ... 159

GENERAL INDEX                                                                                                      ... 174-181

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