Enkhelyawon (
Mycenaean Greek
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: , ''e-ke-rja-wo'') was possibly a
Mycenaean king from
Pylos in the 13th century BCE.
Enkhelyawon is known from
Linear B records from Pylos. He was very important and owned great estates, including good farm land, a thousand grapevines and a thousand fig trees; he also had forty men serving as rowers in the fleet.
[ Because of this it is assumed that he was a king][ - Mycenaean Greek: '']wanax
(Greek: ; from earlier , ') is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord, (military) leader".. It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus, and is inherited from Mycenaean Greece. It is nota ...
''; Linear B: , ''wa-na-ka''; later Greek
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: , ''anax'' - and that he ruled over Pylos. But as kings are only mentioned by their title in texts of Linear B, it is not possible to conclusively prove this theory.
See also
* Palace of Nestor
The Palace of Nestor (Modern Greek: Ανάκτορο του Νέστορα) was an important centre in Mycenaean times, and described in Homer's ''Odyssey'' and ''Iliad'' as Nestor's kingdom of "sandy Pylos".
The palace featured in the story of ...
Notes and references
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Sources
* {{cite book, title=Mykene. Geschichte und Mythos, first=Louise, last=Schofield, publisher=Verlag Philipp von Zabern, place=Mainz am Rhein
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Main ...
, year=2009, page=120, isbn=978-3-8053-3943-8, language=de
Ancient Messenians
History of Pylos
European kings
Mycenaean Greeks
13th-century BC rulers
12th-century BC rulers