Mysians and Bebryces at the Sea of Marmara in Apollonius Rhodius
Mysians and Bebryces at the Sea of Marmara in Apollonius Rhodius

Summary/Abstract: Apollonius Rhodius presents three Thracian ethnic and political formations in Asia Minor: Doliones, Mysians and Bebryces, localised successively from west to east along the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara. Each of them had its own community faith and rites, which for the Doliones and the Mysians were connected with the cult of wine, of the Great Goddess-Mother and Apollo Ekbasios. The Bebryces, headed by king Amycus, were probably a part of the Thracians Bithynians. Their rites were connected with the control on seafaring in their waters and with protecting their coasts against foreigners. These waters and coasts were the southern part of the strategic strait of the Bosporus/Bosphorus. This probably suggests that the Thracian kingdom of the Bebryces was in control of the passing through the Strait.

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