ILLYRIANS ART

The territory the Illyrians inhabited came to

be known as Illyria to
later Greek and Roman authors, who
identified a territory that corresponds to
most of Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo,
[a]
 much of Croatia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, western and
central Serbia and some parts
of Slovenia between the Adriatic Sea in
the west, the Drava river in the north,
the Morava river in the east and in the
south the Aous (modern Vjosa) river or
possibly the Ceraunian Mountains.[1][2] The
first account of Illyrian peoples dates back
to the 6th century BC, in the works of
the ancient Greek writer Hecataeus of
Miletus.
The name "Illyrians", as applied by the
ancient Greeks to their northern neighbors,
may have referred to a broad, ill-defined
group of peoples. The Illyrian tribes never
collectively identified as "Illyrians", and it
is unlikely that they used any collective
nomenclature at all.[3] Illyrians seems to be
the name of a specific Illyrian tribe who
were among the first to encounter the
ancient Greeks during the Bronze Age.
[4]
 The Greeks later applied this
term Illyrians, pars pro toto, to all people
with similar language and customs.[5]
In archaeological, historical and linguistic
studies, research about the Illyrians, from
the late 19th to the 21st century, has moved
from Pan-Illyrian theories, which identified
as Illyrian even groups north of the
Balkans to more well-defined groupings
based on Illyrian onomastics and material
anthropology since the 1960s as newer
inscriptions were found and sites
excavated. There are two principal Illyrian
onomastic areas: the southern and the
Dalmatian-Pannonian, with the area of
the Dardani as a region of overlapping
between the two. A third area, to the north
of them – which in ancient literature was
usually identified as part of Illyria – has
been connected more to
the Venetic language than to Illyria

The territory the Illyrians inhabited came to

be known as Illyria to
later Greek and Roman authors, who
identified a territory that corresponds to
most of Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo,
[a]
 much of Croatia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, western and
central Serbia and some parts
of Slovenia between the Adriatic Sea in
the west, the Drava river in the north,
the Morava river in the east and in the
south the Aous (modern Vjosa) river or
possibly the Ceraunian Mountains.[1][2] The
first account of Illyrian peoples dates back
to the 6th century BC, in the works of
the ancient Greek writer Hecataeus of
Miletus.
The name "Illyrians", as applied by the
ancient Greeks to their northern neighbors,
may have referred to a broad, ill-defined
group of peoples. The Illyrian tribes never
collectively identified as "Illyrians", and it
is unlikely that they used any collective
nomenclature at all.[3] Illyrians seems to be
the name of a specific Illyrian tribe who
were among the first to encounter the
ancient Greeks during the Bronze Age.
  The Greeks later applied this
[4]

term Illyrians, pars pro toto, to all people

with similar language and customs.[5]
In archaeological, historical and linguistic
studies, research about the Illyrians, from
the late 19th to the 21st century, has moved
from Pan-Illyrian theories, which identified
as Illyrian even groups north of the
Balkans to more well-defined groupings
based on Illyrian onomastics and material
anthropology since the 1960s as newer
inscriptions were found and sites
excavated. There are two principal Illyrian
onomastic areas: the southern and the
Dalmatian-Pannonian, with the area of
the Dardani as a region of overlapping
between the two. A third area, to the north
of them – which in ancient literature was
usually identified as part of Illyria – has
been connected more to
the Venetic language than to Illyria

The territory the Illyrians inhabited came to

be known as Illyria to
later Greek and Roman authors, who
identified a territory that corresponds to
most of Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo,
[a]
 much of Croatia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, western and
central Serbia and some parts
of Slovenia between the Adriatic Sea in
the west, the Drava river in the north,
the Morava river in the east and in the
south the Aous (modern Vjosa) river or
possibly the Ceraunian Mountains.[1][2] The
first account of Illyrian peoples dates back
to the 6th century BC, in the works of
the ancient Greek writer Hecataeus of
Miletus.
The name "Illyrians", as applied by the
ancient Greeks to their northern neighbors,
may have referred to a broad, ill-defined
group of peoples. The Illyrian tribes never
collectively identified as "Illyrians", and it
is unlikely that they used any collective
nomenclature at all.[3] Illyrians seems to be
the name of a specific Illyrian tribe who
were among the first to encounter the
ancient Greeks during the Bronze Age.
[4]
 The Greeks later applied this
term Illyrians, pars pro toto, to all people
with similar language and customs.[5]
In archaeological, historical and linguistic
studies, research about the Illyrians, from
the late 19th to the 21st century, has moved
from Pan-Illyrian theories, which identified
as Illyrian even groups north of the
Balkans to more well-defined groupings
based on Illyrian onomastics and material
anthropology since the 1960s as newer
inscriptions were found and sites
excavated. There are two principal Illyrian
onomastic areas: the southern and the
Dalmatian-Pannonian, with the area of
the Dardani as a region of overlapping
between the two. A third area, to the north
of them – which in ancient literature was
usually identified as part of Illyria – has
been connected more to
the Venetic language than to Illyria