THE FIRST EUBOIAN COLONIES IN SICILY: NAXOS, CATANE AND LEONTINOI
The article deals with the circumstances of the foundation of a group of Euboian Colonies in Sicily in the second half of the VIII century BC. On the basis of the comparative analysis of the antique tradition evidence and the archaeological data the author has come to the conclusion that the process of colonization was organized from the very beginning and was realized under the leadership of Theocles.