Koromila, The Greeks and the Black Sea (2002)
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Marianna Koromila, The Greeks and the Black Sea from the Bronze Age to the Early 20th Century, Alexandra Doumas, Elizabeth Key Fowden (trs), (The Panorama Cultural Society, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, Athens 2002)
First edition
A LONG JOURNEY beyond the Hellespont, the Bosphoros and the Symplegades. A JOURNEY to the ancient centers of Hellenism, to Eastern and Northern Thrace, Propontic Asia Minor and Pontos (modern Turkey and Bulgaria) and to those places traditionally associated with the Greek diaspora (Romania, Moldova, the Ukraine, the Russian Federation and Georgia). A JOURNEY across the Black Sea and its hinterland: from the Hebros to the Danube, the Dnieper, Don and Kuban, and from the Balkan Mountains as far as the Pontic Alps and the Caucasus. A JOURNEY aboard the Argo, with her fifty oarsmen as companions, the Aristoi of the Greek world. A JOURNEY of return; a return to the hospitable Euxine Sea of the soul.
The English edition of Marianna Koromila’s The Greeks and the Black Sea, from the Bronze Age to the Early 20th Century went into circulation in March 1991 and was presented in April at King’s College of the University of London by Sir Steven Runciman. The Greek edition went into circulation a few months later and was presented in October 1991 by the Academician Michael Sakellariou, President of the Academy of Athens, at an event held at the Panorama Cultural Society. >>>>>>>>>> Contributions by: Alexander Alexidze, Otar Lordkipanidze, Anna Ballian, Louisa Polychronidou-Loukopoulou, PetrosN. Protonotarios.
Since 1991 there have been many reprints. When the fifth fell out of print, it had become obvious that the chronological coincidences that had made the book so timely, were also responsible for making it prematurely out-of-date. The astounding political developments after 1991 and the geopolitical, social and ethnic upheavals which followed the collapse of the Soviet Union had thrown to the wind the status quo in all realms of human activity and thought. The result was that even though the book was concerned with a very long historical period, and one that drew to a definite close at the end of the 20th century, all the elements had to be readjusted to accommodate the new, emerging realities. In addition, important archaeological study had already begun at places which had until that time been shrouded in mist. It was essential to update and expand the book. Research to this end required another four years.
The Greek version of the new and expanded edition was published in 2001: 21 x 25 cm. hardcover binding, 480 pages, 364 color and black and white photographs, 51 maps, drawings and plans, indices, bibliography and notes. The majority of the maps were drawn specially for this publication. The English translation of the new edition went into circulation in 2002, translated by Alexandra Doumas and Elizabeth Key Fowden. The indices, bibliography and notes were translated by Caroline Robinson.
>>>>>>>> See Bibliography, Maps, Texts (from the book), Photos etc at the Accompanying Material
- A Georgian translation appeared in 2008 (State University of Tiflis, Institute of Classical, Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies, "Logos" program, Tiflis/Tbilisi)