Pelcis or Pelkis (Ancient Greek: Πελκις) was a town of ancient Crete.[1] It is mentioned in a theorodokoi decree dated to c. 230-220 BCE.[2]
Its site is tentatively located near modern Kontokynigi.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Crete". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1182. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ BCH 45 (1921) 1; col. III line 104
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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