INSTITUȚIA PROXENIEI ÎN SPAȚIUL PONTIC. ISTORICUL CERCETĂRII
The “Proxenia” in the Black Sea Area. A Survey on the History of Its Research

Summary/Abstract: In the context of a monograph on proxenia in the Black Sea area, the author has embarked on investigating into the history of modern research. This article provides him with the opportunity to expand on thistopic, starting with a brief reference to two proxeny decrees published by A. Boeckh (1843) in CIG, vol. II, partXI, among113 inscriptions of North Pontic origin. Next, several observations are made regarding the approachesof foundational studies, such as “Les proxénies grecques” (P. Monceaux, 1885), IOSPE I2 (V. V. Latyschev,1916), “Proxenie und Euergesie” (A. Wilhelm, 1942), “Proxenos” (F. Gschnitzer, 1973), “Die Proxenie” (Chr.Marek, 1984), “D’Olbia à Tanaïs” (Chr. Müller, 2010), “Prosopographia Ponti Euxini externa” (A. Avram,2013). Also taken into account were the contributions of the Soviet scholars, especially of A. I. Tjumenev, I. P.Nikitina, Ju. G. Vinogradov, V. P. Jajlenko, and S. Ju. Saprykin. Western historiographical discourses on proxenytend to ignore almost completely the contributions of the Soviet school. Likewise, however, the latter tend to neglectmost work done by Western colleagues. Thus, this study offers a first attempt at a systematic discussion on thehistory of research related to proxeny in the Black Sea area.

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