Talk:Maeotians

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Ngram results. The other variants are so minor we can put them in a footnote, not laundry list them in the WP:LEADSENTENCE. — $Llywelyn II$ 03:40, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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No actual information from these sources was used in the article, so I've moved them here. Presumably they have more:

Pseudo-Scylax. Periplus.
Pliny.^{[clarification needed]} iv.26 & vi.7.
Pomponius Mela.^{[clarification needed]} i.2 §6 & i.19 §17.

— $Llywelyn II$ 04:56, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Maeotians are Ancient Pontic greek settlers.

Source:http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/ppt/Maeotians_1.html Please engage in the discussion. Vofa (talk) 18:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maeotians aren't ancient pontic greek settlers, obviously.

If they were greek, then people from Greece would call them that way, they wouldn't distinguish them so much. They called them barbarians and clearly indicated the difference even between maeotians themselves. For example when they mention Sindi people, they talk about their hellenic culture, but when they talk about others, they don't even mention that.

Maeotians were, probably,just a bunch of mixed tribes (some of them were indo-iranian, some proto-circassian) that lived on the shores of Azov Sea. Elarxux (talk) 23:51, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]