Gocha R. Tsetskhladze Books

This volume deals with the concept of 'West' and 'East', as held by the ancient Greeks. Cultural exchange in Archaic and Classical Greece through the establishment of Hellenic colonies around the ancient world was an important development, and always a two-way process. To achieve a proper understanding of it requires study from every angle. All 24 papers in this volume combine different types of evidence, discussing them from every perspective: they are examined not only from the point of view of the Greeks but from that of the locals. The book gives new data, as well as re-examining existing evidence and reinterpreting old theories. The book is richly illustrated.

Die Beiträge dieses Sammelbandes betreffen nicht nur die nördliche Schwarzmeerküste, sondern den gesamten pontischen Raum; die Autoren sind Historiker und Archäologen sowohl aus Osteuropa als auch aus dem Westen, darunter namhafte britische Fachvertreter. Der Herausgeber ist ein durch zahlreiche Publikationen ausgewiesener georgischer Wissenschaftler. Inhalt: G. R. Tsetskhladze: Greek Colonisation of the Black Sea Area – M. Vassileva: Greek Ideas of the North and the East – A. Fol: Pontic Interactions: the Cult of Sabazios – M. Lazarov: Notizen zur griechischen Kolonisation am westlichen Schwarzen Meer – K. Panayotova: Apollonia Pontica – A. Avram: P. Vinicius und Kallatis – J. Hind: Megarian Colonisation in the Western Half of the Black Sea – Y. Vinogradov: The Greek Colonisation of the Black Sea Region in the Light of Private Lead Letters – M. Treister: Ionia and the North Pontic Area – J. Boardman: Olbia and Berezan – S. Solovev: Archaic Berezan – S. Y. Saprykin: The Foundation of Tauric Chersonesus – G. A. Koshelenko / V. D. Kuznetsov: Greek Colonisation of the Bosporus – D. Asheri: The Achaeans and the Heniochi – D. Braund: Writing and Re-Inventing Colonial Origins – A. I. Ivantchik: Die Gründung von Sinope und die Probleme der Anfangsphase der griechischen Kolonisation des Schwarzmeergebietes

This 6th volume of "Colloquia Pontica" deals with the classical archaeology of the northern Black Sea littoral, discussing excavations and studies conducted by Russian, Ukrainian, German, Czech and British archaeologists and classicists over the last 10-12 years. It publishes much previously unknown material, and gives a clear picture of the achievements of scholarship in the study of the North Pontic Region. Book reviews and listing of new publications. The book is very richly illustrated.