When the Southern Bug was the Borisphenes
https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869607121050062
Abstract
In modern scientific literature and coursebooks, the statement that the Dnieper was called Borysthenes in ancient times, has never been questioned. The fact that Herodotus, when describing the “Scythian square” in the 5th century BC, pointed out that Olvia polis (now Parutino village, Ochakovsky district of the Nikolaev Region) was located at the mouth of the Borisfen River (now the Southern Bug river) is either ignored or explained by the “mistakes” of the author of “History”, Book IV “Melpomene”. Based on the historical and geographical analysis of evolution of the sea mouths of the northwestern part of the Black Sea basin, the hypothesis that the Borisfen River was the name of the Southern Bug all along the river known to the Greek colonists of the region is substantiated. The ancient Hypanis River is identified with the Berezan and Chichikleya rivers, the Pantikapa river – with the Ingul river, the Hypakiris river – with the Ingulets river, the lower reaches of the Dnieper – with the Gerr river. The proposed identification of ancient river mouths, in contrast to previous studies, does not contradict geological, hydrological, archaeological and historical data.
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Minkovskaya R.Ya. When the Southern Bug was the Borisphenes. Proceedings of the Russian Geographical Society. 2021;153(5):59-80. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869607121050062
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