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TYRAMBE (Ancient city) SKYTHIA
A Greek settlement on the S coast of the Sea of Azov, 20 km E of Phanagonia.
Founded in the 6th c. B.C., probably by Greek colonists from Phanagonia (Strab.
11.2.4), the settlement has been almost completely destroyed by the sea.
In the 1st c. B.C. the city was ringed with a brick wall and became
a fortification within a general defensive system set up by the Bosporan state
against Rome. Destroyed in the 1st c. A.D., it survived to the 3d c. and was then
laid waste by the Getae.
The necropolis (5th c. B.C-3d c. A.D.), contains tumulus tombs with
a dromos and burial chamber cut in the earth. There is no stone work. The archaeological
finds made here are richer than those in the city: red-figured Attic lekythoi,
jewelry of gold and bronze (ring representing Eros and Psyche). Among the terracottas
is one showing Aphrodite and Priapos, another showing Aphrodite with a dolphin;
some plaster Gorgon masks probably served to decorate the sarcophagus. The Pushkin
Museum, Moscow, 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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