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BORDERS AND TERRITORIES: THE BORDERS OF CLASSICAL TYLISSOS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2012

Evangelos Kyriakidis
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Abstract

A few lines of a famous fifth-century treaty inscription between Argos, Tylissos and Knossos are the focus of this study which attempts to reconstruct the border between Tylissos and Knossos in the Classical period. Borders are important intangible features inscribed on the landscape, separating or uniting people. The two Classical states had a long history as neighbouring states, and the comparison between the Classical border and the projected borders of other periods is of particular interest.

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The Cambridge Classical Journal , Volume 58 , December 2012 , pp. 115 - 144
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2012. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This article is dedicated to Yiannis Kallergis, Nikos Salloustros and the Bakaliaroi. ‘Bakaliaroi’ (Cod fish in plural) is the modern nickname of the people of Tylissos as given to them by the people of Herakleion, because they were famous for producing salted cod until the late 80s. I sincerely thank John Papadopoulos and Angelos Chaniotis for their helpful comments on previous versions of this paper. I have also profited from discussions with Stelios Alexiou, Stavros Amanakis, Giorgos Chatzakis, Charalambos Kritzas, Merle Langdon, Lucia Nixon, Giorgos Saloustros, Yezid Sayigh, Rupert Thompson, Giorgos Tzorakis, Antonis Vasilakis and Charles Williams. I thank Sophie Minon for making her then unpublished work available to me. I also thank my colleagues Nota Pantzou and Stelios Lekakis with whom the pilot ethnographic study at Gonies was conducted in the summer of 2010. Their commitment and extensive experience made the pilot ethnographic project a fruitful and fun experience. I would also like to record my gratitude to the two anonymous readers of this journal for their fruitful comments.

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