Thomas R. Martin (1. august 2000). Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times. Yale University Press. s. 56. ISBN978-0-300-08493-1. Besøkt 24. februar 2013. «...at their new location, colonists were expected to retain ties with their metropolis. A colony that sided with its metropolis's enemy in a war, for example was regarded as disloyal...»
Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony (2003). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. s. 1515. ISBN978-0-19-956738-6. Besøkt 24. februar 2013. «From the 8th century BC the coast of Thrace was colonised by Greeks.»
Robin Lane Fox (9. mars 2010). Travelling Heroes: In the Epic Age of Homer. Random House Digital, Inc. s. 131. ISBN978-0-679-76386-4. Besøkt 24. februar 2013. «Robin Lane Fox undersøker de kulturelle tilknytninger og møter gjort av euboianske utforskere i det 8. århundre»
Naomi Porat, "Local Industry of Egyptian Pottery in Southern Palestine During the Early Bronze I Period," i Bulletin of the Egyptological, Seminar 8 (1986/1987), s. 109129. See also University College London web post, 2000.