Palakion
Palakion (Παλάκιον), according to Strabo, was a Scythian fortress in the steppes of Crimea.[1] The only information about it is from an inscription on the gravestone of a dweller of Chersonesos who died in a battle at the walls of Palakion.[2][3]
Strabo suggests that Palakion, Chabon (Chabaioi[4]) and Scythian Neapolis were named after sons of Scythian ruler Skilurus (Palakus, in the case of Palakion).[1]
Peter Simon Pallas speculated that the name of Balaklava is a corruption of 'Palakion'.[5] There is no historical evidence to this.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Palakion", Der Neue Pauly. Herausgegeben von: Hubert Cancik,, Helmuth Schneider (Antike), Manfred Landfester (Rezeptions- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte). Brill Online, 2015. (retrieved 9 September 2015)
- ^ "Palakion", at the website of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos
- ^ "История Балаклавы".
- ^ Chabaioi (Chabon)
- ^ "Balaklava" at sevastopol.info
- ^ ПАЛАКИЙ, ПАЛАКИОН, город, Toponymic Dictionary of Sevastopol (Топонимический словарь Севастополя), EdwART. 2011.