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Pelcis or Pelkis (Ancient Greek: Πελκις) was a town of ancient Crete. It is mentioned in a theorodokoi decree dated to c. 230-220 BCE.

Its site is tentatively located near modern Kontokynigi.

References

  1. 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.
  2. BCH 45 (1921) 1; col. III line 104
  3. 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.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

35°16′32″N 23°40′06″E / 35.275667°N 23.668306°E / 35.275667; 23.668306


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