Zygii
Sign in to saveThe Zygii (, Zygoí) or Zygians were described by Strabo as a nation to the north of Colchis. He wrote: And on the sea lies the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, or the Syndic territory. After this latter, one comes to the Achaei and the Zygii and the Heniochi, and also the Cercetae and the Macropogones. And above these are situated the narrow passes of the Phtheirophagi (Phthirophagi); and after the Heniochi the Colchian country, which lies at the foot of the Caucasian, or Moschian, Mountains. (Strabo, Geographica 11.2)
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- Ethnic group.group
- Zygii
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Droysen - Oströmisches Reich.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Historical Map of the Byzantine Empire by Gustav Droysen, showing the Zygii on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea
- Ethnic group.genealogy
- Circassian
- Ethnic group.regions
- Northeastern Black Sea coast
- Ethnic group.languages
- Proto-Circassian, Proto-Abazgi
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The Zygii (, Zygoí) or Zygians were described by Strabo as a nation to the north of Colchis. He wrote:
And on the sea lies the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, or the Syndic territory. After this latter, one comes to the Achaei and the Zygii and the Heniochi, and also the Cercetae and the Macropogones. And above these are situated the narrow passes of the Phtheirophagi (Phthirophagi); and after the Heniochi the Colchian country, which lies at the foot of the Caucasian, or Moschian, Mountains. (Strabo, Geographica 11.2)
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