Agonistic Festivals in the Ancient Cities of the Northern and Western Black Sea Coast: History of Studying the Problem and its Current Research

Abstract

The article is devoted to the history of the study of one of the most interesting phenomena of the ancient civilization - agonistic festivals that have spread to distant from the main centers of the Hellenic regions, in the Northern and Western Black Sea Coast. In the current study highlights the importance of religious festivals and competitions as the fundamental basis of the Greek culture, which contributed to the long-term preservation in these areas of the Greek cultural traditions and reflect the ethnic unity of the Hellenic world, in spite of the mixed multitude influence and barbaric surroundings