CONTENTS

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FOREWORD 11

INTRODUCTION
ANCIENT THRACE AS A HISTORICAL UNITY 13
Vasiliki Papoulia

ANCIENT THRACE 35
D. Triantaphyllos

THE GREEKS IN THRACE 98

Ch. Pelekidis

MYTH AND CULT OF FOUNDER-HEROES IN THE

GREEK COLONIES OF THRACE 115
Anastasia Pavlopoulou

THRACE IN THE ROMAN PERIOD 135

Anna Avramea

GREEK CITIES OF THRACE DURING

THE ROMAN PERIOD 147
Smaragda Arvanitidou

BYZANTINE THRACE (AD 330-1453) 151

Ch. Bakirtzis

THRACE DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD (1354-1922) 211

K. Vakalopoulos

WESTERN THRACE IN THE BODY OF

THE GREEK STATE 267
K. Svolopoulos

FOLK CULTURE 287

G. Aikaterinidis

THE LANGUAGE OF THRACE 336

G. Delopoulos

GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THRACE 351

G. Delopoulos

BIBLIOGRAPHY 375

LIST OF FIGURES MAPS PLANS 403