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KARKINITIS AND THE BAY OF KARKINITIS: TOWARDS AN EVALUATION OF THE CLASSICAL LITERARY TRADITION * VLADIMIR F. STOLBA Ancient Karkinitis ( = Kerkinitis) numbers among the group of small Greek poleis on the north coast of the Black Sea, about which unusually meagre and fragmentary information is available in the Classical literary tradition. The information can be traced back to a variety of periods: as a rule, it is of a geographical character and provides no details of the city’s history. Yet even the few geographical details we have do not always provide us with a clear picture of the topography and hydrography of the area concerned. Attempts undertaken as far back as the 19 th century to locate Karkinitis on the basis of these meagre and, at first glance, contradictory data have given rise to considerable confusion. The existence of several variants of the toponym and also varying interpretations of the geographical landmarks cited in the sources have led scholars to look for two different cities with one and the same name: the first within the Crimea in the vicinity of modern Eupatoria ( Κερκιν ιτις , Κορον ιτις ) and the second beyond the isthmus of
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2004
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