Panticapaeum

Panticapaeum
An important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch.

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  • Panticapaeum — (Greek: Παντικάπαιον, Pantikápaion ), present day Kerch: an important Greek city and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), situated on a hill (Mt. Mithridates) on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, founded by Milesians in the late… …   Wikipedia

  • PANTICAPAEA melius PANTICAPAEUM — PANTICAPAEA, melius PANTICAPAEUM Plin. l. 4. c. 12. ac Stephan. Vospero, teste Nigrô, urbs Tauricae maxima ab Bosporum Cimmerium, Bosphorium olim, teste Pliniô, loc. cit. Sansoni Pantica nunc, in Tartaria Precopensi 90. mill. pass. a Theodosia …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • ПАНТИКАПЕЙ —    • Panticapaeum,          Παντικάπαιον, милетская колония, основанная ок. 60 ол. на реке Пантикапее (Hdt. 4, 54. 6, 18) на таврическом Херсонесе, при Таврическом проливе (Bosporus Cimmerius) на холме, с акрополем и гаванью. Впоследствии была… …   Реальный словарь классических древностей

  • Kerch — Infobox Settlement settlement type = city subdivision type = Country subdivision name = UKR subdivision type1 = Region subdivision name1 = Crimea timezone = EET utc offset = +2 timezone DST = EEST utc offset DST = +3 official name = Kerch native… …   Wikipedia

  • Bosporan Kingdom — The Bosporan Kingdom or the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus was an ancient state, located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus (see Strait of Kerch). It is interesting as the first truly Hellenistic… …   Wikipedia

  • Phanagoria — A terracotta vessel in the shape of a sphynx, 5th century BC. One of 26 similar pieces discovered in a feminine necropolis ( Demeter s priestess ) near Phanagoria. On exhibit at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Phanagoria (Ancient Greek:… …   Wikipedia

  • Myrmekion — Myrmēkion (Greek: Μυρμήκιον, Russian: Мирмекий) was an ancient Greek colony in the Crimea, situated on the shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus, 4 kilometres to the north of Panticapaeum, the capital of the Bosporan Kingdom. It was founded in the mid… …   Wikipedia

  • Mithradates VI Eupator — known as Mithradates the Great (Latin; Born of a Noble Father) died 63 BC, Panticapaeum King of Pontus (120–63 BC) and enemy of Rome. As a boy he was coruler with his mother from с 120, then overthrew her to become sole ruler in 115. He gradually …   Universalium

  • Chersonesus Taurica — Χερσόνησος St Vladimir s Cathedral overlooks the extensive excavations of Chersonesus. Alternate name Корсунь Location Gagarin Raion, Sevastopol …   Wikipedia

  • Odessa Numismatics Museum — The Odessa Numismatics Museum Established 1999 Location 33 Grecheskaya St. Odessa, Ukraine Director Peter Loboda …   Wikipedia

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