title: Did the Scythes and the Maeotians understand the subjects of the paintings on the Athenian vases?
abstract: The finds of Athenian painted vases (especially red-figured ones of the fourth century BC) in the South Russia, where Greek settlers lived side by side with various "barbaric folks, excited the minds of scientists since the 19th century. The ordinary productions of the masters of Athenian Kerameikos, such as lekythoi with net pattern or with palmettes, found in Scythian, Meotian, etc. burials were perceived more calmly. But the items decorated with multi-figured compositions have generated contr
journal: Vestnik of Saint Petersburg State University of Culture