Hither Province (Pylos)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Maija Gierhart Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Maija Gierhart Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 23, 2024 04:43 PM
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History
The Hither Province of Mycenaean Pylos, containing nine settlements as recorded in the Linear B tablets.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226979725
37.0270431098, 21.6950737592
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- 𐀆𐀸𐀫𐁁𐀒𐀨𐀂𐀊, 𐀆𐀸𐀫𐁁𐀒𐀨 (de-we-ro-a3-ko-ra-i-ja: Ancient in Linear B Greek, 1600 BC - 1200 BC)
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- Hither Province (English, modern)
- Hither Province (Pylos) administrative dependent of Nestor's Palace (1600 BC - 1200 BC)
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region, province
Pleiades
The place-names of the Hither Province settlements run north to south along the west coast of Messenia.
Likely geography of the Hither Province: (see Bennet 2011 p. 152 and Cosmopoulos 2006 p. 205-6)
- North boundary: either the River Neda or the Kyparissia valley.
- South boundary: Cape Akritas, somewhere north of modern Koroni.
- West boundary: the coast of Messenia.
- East boundary: Mount Aigaleon.
Maija Gierhart, 'Hither Province (Pylos): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226979725> [accessed: 01 May 2024]
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