The Cercetae are an ancient people of Scythia mentioned by Strabo [1] and Pliny the Elder. [2] They are one of many ancient tribes of the Northwestern Caucasus which are the ancestors of modern Circassians. [3] The name "Cercetae" apparently was the basis of the name of the people that arose later - the Circassians. [3] The ethnonym itself of presumably Iranian origin [4] or derived from the κερκέτηζ, is a kind of "stern oar”, and is the nickname given to them by the Greeks due to their skill in the sea business. [5]
Pliny places them beyond the Amazons and the Hyperboreans, together with the Cimmerii, Cissianti, Achaei, Georgili, Moschi, Phoristae and Rimphaces.
See also
References
- ^ Geographia 11.2
- ^ Chorographia 1.12
- ^ a b БСЭ. Керкеты
- ^ Новичихин А.М. Керкеты. Псессы. Синды. Тореты
- ^ Oleg Trubachyov, Некоторые данные об индоарийском языковом субстрате Северного Кавказа в античное время // Journal of Ancient History № 4. 1978, с. 41
- "Strabo, Geography, Book 11, Chapter 2, Section 1". Retrieved November 17, 2010.
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The Cercetae are an ancient people of Scythia mentioned by Strabo [1] and Pliny the Elder. [2] They are one of many ancient tribes of the Northwestern Caucasus which are the ancestors of modern Circassians. [3] The name "Cercetae" apparently was the basis of the name of the people that arose later - the Circassians. [3] The ethnonym itself of presumably Iranian origin [4] or derived from the κερκέτηζ, is a kind of "stern oar”, and is the nickname given to them by the Greeks due to their skill in the sea business. [5]
Pliny places them beyond the Amazons and the Hyperboreans, together with the Cimmerii, Cissianti, Achaei, Georgili, Moschi, Phoristae and Rimphaces.
See also
References
- ^ Geographia 11.2
- ^ Chorographia 1.12
- ^ a b БСЭ. Керкеты
- ^ Новичихин А.М. Керкеты. Псессы. Синды. Тореты
- ^ Oleg Trubachyov, Некоторые данные об индоарийском языковом субстрате Северного Кавказа в античное время // Journal of Ancient History № 4. 1978, с. 41
- "Strabo, Geography, Book 11, Chapter 2, Section 1". Retrieved November 17, 2010.
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