Enkhelyawon (

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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: ''

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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.

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* {{cite book, title=Mykene. Geschichte und Mythos, first=Louise, last=Schofield, publisher=Verlag Philipp von Zabern, place=

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