The cult of Poseidon Helikonios is associated with his primeval aspect of a powerful god of earthquakes and waters. His most antique cult in this capacity, dating from the Mycenaean times, originated from Helike of Achaea on the southwest shore of the Gulf of Corinth, the place known to Homer as the centre of this worship. The sanctuary of Poseidon Helikonios located in Helike, was the holiest sanctuary to all Ionians and even contained the ancient ancestral altars of the Ionic race. When the

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... nians were expelled from Helike by the Achaeans at the end of the Mycenaean times, they settled in Asia Minor and carried with them the cult of Helikonios. In the paper, the spread of this particular cult to the coast of Asia Minor and from there to the Black Sea region is discussed based on literary, archaeological and numismatic evidence available in the places where the cult held a prominent position.