David Braund is Professor of Ancient History, and head of the Classics and Ancient History department at the University of Exeter. His particular specialism lies in the Black Sea region, especially Russia, Ukraine and Georgia, and he speaks Russian and Georgian fluently.
The editor's brief opening essay presents extraordinary interest with its apt and useful generalizations and conclusions touching upon topics of both historical-archaeological as well as editorial significance. This essay presents in summary form some of the most important results of an effort, ... to achieve the melding of two quite different scholarly worlds (the East, viz., Soviet and Russian, and the West)... For this reason alone, the volume under discussion should be welcomed, and considered essential by both classicists as well as scholars of the ancient world more generally... Generally speaking, the volume Scythians and Greeks is in every respect a useful tool for approaching the basic scholarly issues which are today occupying classical archaeology, the history of the northern Black Sea, and the greater Circumpontic region. This volume makes a significant contribution to the effort to make available to an international readership both what has already been accomplished as well as the results of ongoing research in this region. Such synthesizing works are essential for us all, particularly given the age in which we live.
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