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Book SynopsisA Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essays that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery of the Classical world.
Trade Review"Despite the enormous volume of information and the extent of the topics covered in the Companion, the individual chapters show a remarkable cohesion.... Sincere praise is due to the editors for their achivement. The Companion offers a concise but reliable and often in-depth orientation for anyone researching Thracian matters and their connections to the neighboring cultures. I would strongly recommend its purchase...." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
“...a useful and engaging guide for students and academics alike interested in aspects of ancient Thrace, and adjacent cultures.” - Assemblage
"...this volume offers comprehensive and up-to-date essays on a variety of historical and socio-cultural issues that represent mainly contemporary Bulgarian scholarship on ancient Thrace...it largely fulfils what it promises and reveals potential for furtherbridging of the methodological insufficiency clearly inferred in a great number of texts."
- Ancient West and East, Volume 17, 2018
Table of ContentsEditors’ Preface xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
Abbreviations xvi
Part I Thrace and Thracians 1
1 An Introduction to Studying Ancient Thrace 3
Nikola Theodossiev
2 Geography 12
Jan Bouzek and Denver Graninger
3 Ethnicity and Ethne 22
Denver Graninger
Part II History 33
4 Early History of Thrace to the Murder of Kotys I (360 BCE) 35
Michael Zahrnt
5 Thrace from the Assassination of Kotys I to Koroupedion (360–281 BCE) 48
Peter Delev
6 From Koroupedion to the Beginning of the Third Mithridatic War (281–73 BCE) 59
Peter Delev
7 Roman Thrace 75
Ivaylo Lozanov
8 Thrace in Late Antiquity 91
Boyan Dumanov
Part III Evidence 107
9 Settlements 109
Hristo Popov
10 Dolmens and Rock-Cut Monuments 126
Georgi Nekhrizov
11 “Ritual Pits” 144
Rumyana Georgieva
12 Tomb Architecture 158
Daniela Stoyanova
13 The Decoration of Thracian Chamber Tombs 180
Julia Valeva
14 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Vessels 197
Julia Valeva
15 Adornments 212
Milena Tonkova
16 The Pottery of Ancient Thrace 229
Anelia Bozkova
17 Inscriptions 243
Dan Dana
18 Introduction to the Numismatics of Thrace, ca. 530 BCE–46 CE 265
Evgeni I. Paunov
Part IV Influence and Interaction 293
19 The Greek Colonists 295
Margarit Damyanov
20 Athens 308
Matthew A. Sears
21 Persia 320
Maya Vassileva
22 Thracian and Macedonian Kingship 337
William S. Greenwalt
23 Thracians and Scythians: Tensions, Interactions and Osmosis 352
David Braund
24 Celts 366
Julij Emilov
Part V Controversies 383
25 Social Life of Thrace 385
Zosia Archibald
26 Urbanization 399
Emil Nankov
27 Trade 412
Chavdar Tzochev
28 Warfare 426
Totko Stoyanov
29 Religion 443
Kostadin Rabadjiev
Index 457
