(Κρόβυζοι). Large Getic subtribe ( Getae) living between the Athrys (modern Jantra), the lower Oescus (modern Iskar) and the Pontus Euxinus (Hecat. FGrH 1 F 170; Arr. Anab. 1,1; 1,3; Ptol. 3,10,4). In their land (Κροβυζική) the rivers Athrys, Noes and Artanes (modern Vit?, Hdt. 4,49) flowed. After the collapse of the kingdom of the Odrysae, it seems to have expanded to the south to the northern slope of the Haemus (Str. 7,5,12). Phylarchus (FGrH 81 F 20) reports of Isanthes, a legendary king of the C. Together with the Getae the C. worshipped Zalmoxis (Hellanicus FGrH…
Crobyzi(165 words)
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von Bredow, Iris (Bietigheim-Bissingen), “Crobyzi”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 15 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e623450>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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