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NIKONION (Ancient city) SARMATIA
Niconium (Nikonion, Scylax, p. 29), a city of European Sarmatia, which
Strabo (vii. p. 306) places at 180 stadia from the mouth of the Tyras, while the
anonymous Coast-describer (p. 9) fixes it at 300 stadia from the Isiacorum Portus,
and 30 stadia from the Tyras on the coast. Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v.) states
that it was at the mouth of the Ister, but for Istrou, Turou should probably be
read. Ptolemy (iii. 10. § 16) has removed it from the coast, and placed it too
far to the N. Its position must be looked for near Ovidiopol.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Greek settlement, probably a colony of Istria, on the E shore of the Dniester liman near Odessa (Ps. Skyl. 68). It was founded in the mid 6th c. B.C. The settlement, 4 ha in area, was burned in the mid 4th c. B.C., after which it became an agricultural village. In the 2d c. B.C. it was destroyed by a natural disaster but recovered and existed into the 4th c. A.D. It imported mainly Attic wares from the 6th-4th c. along with some rare specimens of wares from Corinth and Chios. Coins of Istria predominate from the 5th-4th c. and, sporadically, coins of Olbia (6th-5th c.) and Tiras (4th c. B.C.). Particularly noteworthy are some stamped amphorae from Thasos, Chersonesus, Herakleia and Sinope. Terracottas (Ionian, 6th c.; Attic, 5th c.) are predominantly figurines of Demeter and Aphrodite. From the 1st c. A.D. imported articles disappeared, being replaced by those of local manufacture. The Odessa Museum contains material from the site.
M. L. Bernhard & Z. Sztetyllo, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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