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List of Figures
Figure 1: Salmydessus.
Figure 2: Strabo's Salmydessus.
Figure 3: The Line Odrin (Edirne)-Lozengrad (Kirklareli)-Ineada (Igneada).
Figure 4: Ps.-Scymnus' Salmydessus.
Figure 5: Mesambria, Cabyle and Bizya.
Figure 6: Cape Thynias, view from the south.
Figure 7: The modern road Vize-Kiyiköy.
Figure 8: The Gulf of Kiyiköy, view from its northern coast.
Figure 9: Xenophon's Salmydessus.
Figure 10: Perinthus, the modern roads Vize-Kiyiköy and Saray-Kiyiköy and Lake Terkoz.
Figure 11: Toponyms related to the Thracian Delta according to scholars.
Figure 12: The Letter Δ and the Thracian Delta.
Figure 13: The south-west Pontus according to Periplus Ponti Euxini and anonymous Periplus Ponti Euxini.
Figure 14: An appliqué from the Letnitsa Treasure.
Figure 15: The Bosporus and the 'False Bosporus'.
Figure 16: A view from the south-eastern coast of Lake Terkoz, near the Village of Terkoz.
Figure 17: Lake Terkoz, Yaliköy and Kiyiköy.
Acknowledgments
Preface
I. Introduction
II. Strabo
II.1. Strabo's Data on Salmydessus. The Provisional Chronological Framework of the Astaean Presence at Salmydessus
II.2. Lower Chronological Limit of the Astaean Presence at Salmydessus
II.2.1. Literary and Epigraphic Evidence
II.2.2. Beginning of the Military-Political Rise of the Astae, Direction of Their Expansion, and Location of Their Tribal Core
II.2.3. Modern Views about the Early History of the Astae
II.2.3.1. Migratory
II.2.3.2. Toponymical Origin of the Name Astae
II.2.3.3. Autochthonous
II.2.3.3.1. Danov's View
II.2.3.3.1.1. First Pillar of Danov's Hypothesis: Theopompus of Chios (F 219)
II.2.3.3.1.2. Second Pillar of Danov's Hypothesis: The Inscription from Mesambria (IGBulg I² 307).
II.2.3.3.2. Vinogradov's and Avram's Views: The Astae as a Political Factor in the Middle of the 3rd Century BC (IGBulg2 388)
II.2.3.3.3. Stronk's View
II.2.3.3.4. Venedikov's View
II.2.4. Conclusions about the Lower Chronological Limit
II.3. Upper Chronological Limit of the Astaean Presence at Salmydessus
II.3.1. The Connection Strabo-Artemidorus-Polybius
II.3.2. Strabo VII.6.2
II.3.3. Strabo VII F 20a
II.3.4. Strategia Astice
II.3.5. Jordanes, Stephanus of Byzantium, Procopius of Caesarea and Theophylact of Simocatta
II.3.6. Conclusions About the Upper Chronological Limit
III. Xenophon, Diodorus, Periplus Ponti Euxini, and Anonymous Periplus Ponti Euxini
III.1. Xenophon
III.1.1. Thracians in Book 7 of Anabasis
III.1.2. Xenophon's Salmydessus
III.1.3. Melinophagoi
III.1.4. Odrysae
III.1.5. Maesades' Archē
III.1.5.1. The Seven Days' Journey
III.1.5.2. The Thracian Delta and the Thracians Above Byzantium
III.1.6. Thyni and Mountain Thracians
III.1.7. Melanditae
III.1.8. Tranipsae
III.1.8.1. Theopompus F 16 and the Southern Localisation of the Tranipsae
III.1.8.2. Herodotus IV.93.1 and the Northern Localisation of the Tranipsae
III.1.8.2.1. Variant 1: Skyrmiadai and Nipsaei Controlled Salmydessus
III.1.8.2.2. Variant 2: Skyrmiadai or Nipsaei Controlled Salmydessus
III.1.8.2.3. Variant 3: Anonymous Thracian Controlled Salmydessus
III.1.8.3. The Location of the Tranipsae
III.1.8.3.1. The Tranipsae and the Anonymous Tribes in Book 7 of the Anabasis
III.1.8.3.2. The Tranipsae in Strandja
III.1.9. Who were Xenophon's Thracians at Salmydessus?
III.1.10. The Piratical Activity of Xenophon's Thracians at Salmydessus
III.2. Diodorus
III.3. Periplus Ponti Euxini
III.4. Anonymous Periplus Ponti Euxini
IV. The Strasbourg Epodes
IV.1. The First Epode.
IV.2. The Thracians ἀκρτ̔̈” ·κομοι
IV.3. Thyni in Europe, Thyni in Asia
IV.3.1. Xenophon
IV.3.2. Herodotus
IV.3.3. Hecataeus
IV.3.4. Scholia on Argonautica
IV.4. Migration of Thyni from Europe into Asia
IV.4.1. Strabo
IV.4.2. Pliny
IV.4.3. Porphyry
IV.4.4. Claudius Claudianus
IV.5. Were the Thracians from the Epode Thyni?
V. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica
VI. Dionysius of Byzantium
VII. The Geographical Features of Salmydessus as a Factor for Piratical Activity Through the Centuries
VIII. Conclusions
Appendix: Principal Sources Discussed in the Text
Bibliography
Index.
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Contents
List of Figures
Figure 1: Salmydessus.
Figure 2: Strabo's Salmydessus.
Figure 3: The Line Odrin (Edirne)-Lozengrad (Kirklareli)-Ineada (Igneada).
Figure 4: Ps.-Scymnus' Salmydessus.
Figure 5: Mesambria, Cabyle and Bizya.
Figure 6: Cape Thynias, view from the south.
Figure 7: The modern road Vize-Kiyiköy.
Figure 8: The Gulf of Kiyiköy, view from its northern coast.
Figure 9: Xenophon's Salmydessus.
Figure 10: Perinthus, the modern roads Vize-Kiyiköy and Saray-Kiyiköy and Lake Terkoz.
Figure 11: Toponyms related to the Thracian Delta according to scholars.
Figure 12: The Letter Δ and the Thracian Delta.
Figure 13: The south-west Pontus according to Periplus Ponti Euxini and anonymous Periplus Ponti Euxini.
Figure 14: An appliqué from the Letnitsa Treasure.
Figure 15: The Bosporus and the 'False Bosporus'.
Figure 16: A view from the south-eastern coast of Lake Terkoz, near the Village of Terkoz.
Figure 17: Lake Terkoz, Yaliköy and Kiyiköy.
Acknowledgments
Preface
I. Introduction
II. Strabo
II.1. Strabo's Data on Salmydessus. The Provisional Chronological Framework of the Astaean Presence at Salmydessus
II.2. Lower Chronological Limit of the Astaean Presence at Salmydessus
II.2.1. Literary and Epigraphic Evidence
II.2.2. Beginning of the Military-Political Rise of the Astae, Direction of Their Expansion, and Location of Their Tribal Core
II.2.3. Modern Views about the Early History of the Astae
II.2.3.1. Migratory
II.2.3.2. Toponymical Origin of the Name Astae
II.2.3.3. Autochthonous
II.2.3.3.1. Danov's View
II.2.3.3.1.1. First Pillar of Danov's Hypothesis: Theopompus of Chios (F 219)
II.2.3.3.1.2. Second Pillar of Danov's Hypothesis: The Inscription from Mesambria (IGBulg I² 307).
II.2.3.3.2. Vinogradov's and Avram's Views: The Astae as a Political Factor in the Middle of the 3rd Century BC (IGBulg2 388)
II.2.3.3.3. Stronk's View
II.2.3.3.4. Venedikov's View
II.2.4. Conclusions about the Lower Chronological Limit
II.3. Upper Chronological Limit of the Astaean Presence at Salmydessus
II.3.1. The Connection Strabo-Artemidorus-Polybius
II.3.2. Strabo VII.6.2
II.3.3. Strabo VII F 20a
II.3.4. Strategia Astice
II.3.5. Jordanes, Stephanus of Byzantium, Procopius of Caesarea and Theophylact of Simocatta
II.3.6. Conclusions About the Upper Chronological Limit
III. Xenophon, Diodorus, Periplus Ponti Euxini, and Anonymous Periplus Ponti Euxini
III.1. Xenophon
III.1.1. Thracians in Book 7 of Anabasis
III.1.2. Xenophon's Salmydessus
III.1.3. Melinophagoi
III.1.4. Odrysae
III.1.5. Maesades' Archē
III.1.5.1. The Seven Days' Journey
III.1.5.2. The Thracian Delta and the Thracians Above Byzantium
III.1.6. Thyni and Mountain Thracians
III.1.7. Melanditae
III.1.8. Tranipsae
III.1.8.1. Theopompus F 16 and the Southern Localisation of the Tranipsae
III.1.8.2. Herodotus IV.93.1 and the Northern Localisation of the Tranipsae
III.1.8.2.1. Variant 1: Skyrmiadai and Nipsaei Controlled Salmydessus
III.1.8.2.2. Variant 2: Skyrmiadai or Nipsaei Controlled Salmydessus
III.1.8.2.3. Variant 3: Anonymous Thracian Controlled Salmydessus
III.1.8.3. The Location of the Tranipsae
III.1.8.3.1. The Tranipsae and the Anonymous Tribes in Book 7 of the Anabasis
III.1.8.3.2. The Tranipsae in Strandja
III.1.9. Who were Xenophon's Thracians at Salmydessus?
III.1.10. The Piratical Activity of Xenophon's Thracians at Salmydessus
III.2. Diodorus
III.3. Periplus Ponti Euxini
III.4. Anonymous Periplus Ponti Euxini
IV. The Strasbourg Epodes
IV.1. The First Epode.
IV.2. The Thracians ἀκρτ̔̈” ·κομοι
IV.3. Thyni in Europe, Thyni in Asia
IV.3.1. Xenophon
IV.3.2. Herodotus
IV.3.3. Hecataeus
IV.3.4. Scholia on Argonautica
IV.4. Migration of Thyni from Europe into Asia
IV.4.1. Strabo
IV.4.2. Pliny
IV.4.3. Porphyry
IV.4.4. Claudius Claudianus
IV.5. Were the Thracians from the Epode Thyni?
V. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica
VI. Dionysius of Byzantium
VII. The Geographical Features of Salmydessus as a Factor for Piratical Activity Through the Centuries
VIII. Conclusions
Appendix: Principal Sources Discussed in the Text
Bibliography
Index.