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'''Zygii''' ('''{{lang|grc|Ζυγοί}}''', '''Zygoi''', '''Zygi''' ya da '''Zygianlar''' olarak da bilinir), Antik [[Yunan]] alimi [[Strabo]], [[Colchis]]'in kuzeyinden bir millet olarak tanımlar.

 

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''And on the sea lies the Asiatic side of the [[Cimmerian Bosporus|Bosporus]], or the [[Sindi (people)|Syndic]] territory. After this latter, one comes to the [[Achaei]] and the '''Zygii''' and the Heniochi, and also the [[Cercetae]] and the Macropogones. And above these are situated the narrow passes of the Phtheirophagi (Phthirophagi); and after the Heniochi the Colchian country, which lies at the foot of the [[Caucasus Mountains|Caucasian]], or [[Moschia]]n, Mountains.'' (Strabo, ''[[Geographica (Strabo)|Geographica]]'' 11.2)

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[[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] observes that "they were partly nomad shepherds, partly brigands and pirates, for which latter vocation they had ships specially adapted".<ref>William Smith, LLD. ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography''. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.</ref> They inhabited the region known as '''Zyx''', which is on the northern slopes of the [[Caucasus]] east of [[Elbrus]]. To the east were the [[Caucasian Avars|Avar]]s, and to the west were the [[Circassians|Circassian]]s. To the north was [[Sarmatian]] territory, and to the south lay the part of Colchis inhabited by the [[Svan people|Svans]] (''Soanes'' of [[Strabo]] and [[Pliny the Elder]]).

 

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