BCOSPE III. Ars, res sacrae & mythologica: unele consideraţii pe marginea unui nou proiect de cercetare
BCOSPE III. Ars, res sacrae & mythologica: Some Considerations about a New Research Project

Summary/Abstract: Ars, res sacrae & mythologica is the third of a planned series of six volumes dedicated to the bibliography of the northern Black Sea shore in antiquity. An up-to-date bibliographic guide to studies in the ancient history of the Northern Black Sea has long been a desideratum, both for Western and Eastern scholars. The events occurring in the Black Sea countries since 1990 made possible an increasing cooperation towards reestablishing connections that bridge the divides between Classical scholarship in the western and eastern hemispheres. Besides the participation in numerous international conferences organized on the both sides of the former ‘Iron Curtain’, research results were exchanged increasingly, and with time Eastern European researches started to be intensively published in Western journals and book series. Nevertheless, the historiographic positions on the Northern Black Sea coast remain to this date conflicting for the most part. Looking for a way out of this aporia, the first author of this article began the compilation and gradual digestion of a bibliography as complete as possible of the Northern Black Sea coast in Antiquity, based on his personal experience of cooperation with both the Eastern and the Western European colleagues. With the publication of the first volume it became obvious that the importance of BCOSPE, its scope, originality and the diligence of its implementation do not leave any room for doubt that this book series will become a standard tool for everyone working on the Ancient Black Sea Region. This article provides the opportunity to expand on the topic, by discussing the following issues related to the project BCOSPE III: introduction, the geographical and chronological limits of the research, a brief introduction to the status quaestionis, proposed objectives and innovative elements, the expected impact, the overall structure of the volume and some methodological difficulties.

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