Maeotians

The Maeotians (

Lake Maeotis".^[2] They are often considered to be the ancestors of the Urums, Circassians, Abkhazians, and Abazins

.

Identity

The

Hurrian Alalakh.^[6]

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

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. Retrieved March 2, 2015.

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[1] Other variant transcriptions include Mæotians, Maeotae, Maeotici, and Mæotici.

[digrog-2] 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.

[straystray-3] Geographica
, xi. (in Latin).

[Cambridge-4] Boardman & Edwards 1991, p. 572

[5] Polyaenus. Stratagems, 8.55.

[6] AT 298 II.11.^{[clarification needed]}

[7] Eichwald, Karl. Alt Geogr. d. Kasp. M.^{[clarification needed]} p. 356.

[8] Bayer,^[who?] Acta Petrop.^{[clarification needed]} ix. p. 370.

[9] St. Croix,^[who?] Mem. de l'Ac. des Inscr.^{[clarification needed]} xlvi. p. 403.

[10] Larcher,^[who?] ad Herod.^{[clarification needed]} vii. p. 506.

[11] Ukert, Friedrich August, Vol. iii.^{[clarification needed]} pt. 2, p. 494.

[12] The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. "Adyghe people".

[13] "The Kuban tribes (Adyghe people) are usually referred to by the ancient writers under the collective name Maeotae"^[12]

[14] Piotrovsky, Boris. Maeotae, the Ancestors of the Adgyghe (Circassians). 1998.

[15] Adyghe (Circassians)."^[14]

[16] Hellanicus's actual reference is to a Maliōtai (Μαλιῶται), which Sturz^[who?] emended to Maiōtai.

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