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The Maeotians (
Lake Maeotis".[2] They are often considered to be the ancestors of the Urums, Circassians, Abkhazians, and Abazins
.
Identity
The
Ukrainian archaeologists and modern
Donbass and later established colonies on the coast of Kuban. He did not contest the possibility of Greeks intermixing with the local Sarmatians
. The Maeotians named themselves after the name of the region ,,Maeotia,, to which the Greeks gave the name to.
Caucasian aboriginals.[4]
History
The earliest known reference is from the
Asander, and Polemon I, the Bosporan Kingdom
extended as far as the Tanais.
References
- ^ Other variant transcriptions include Mæotians, Maeotae, Maeotici, and Mæotici.
- ^ a b James, Edward Boucher. "Maeotae" and "Maeotis Palus" in the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, 1st ed., Vol. II. Walton & Maberly (London), 1857. Accessed 26 Aug 2014.
- Geographica, xi. (in Latin).
- ^ a b Boardman & Edwards 1991, p. 572
- ^ Polyaenus. Stratagems, 8.55.
- ^ AT 298 II.11.[clarification needed]
- ^ Eichwald, Karl. Alt Geogr. d. Kasp. M.[clarification needed] p. 356.
- ^ Bayer,[who?] Acta Petrop.[clarification needed] ix. p. 370.
- ^ St. Croix,[who?] Mem. de l'Ac. des Inscr.[clarification needed] xlvi. p. 403.
- ^ Larcher,[who?] ad Herod.[clarification needed] vii. p. 506.
- ^ Ukert, Friedrich August, Vol. iii.[clarification needed] pt. 2, p. 494.
- ^ The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. "Adyghe people".
- ^ "The Kuban tribes (Adyghe people) are usually referred to by the ancient writers under the collective name Maeotae"[12]
- ^ Piotrovsky, Boris. Maeotae, the Ancestors of the Adgyghe (Circassians). 1998.
- Adyghe (Circassians)."[14]
- ^ Hellanicus's actual reference is to a Maliōtai (Μαλιῶται), which Sturz[who?] emended to Maiōtai.
Sources
- ISBN 0521227178. Retrieved March 2, 2015.