Cape Philagra
| PK | C1209 |
| TITLE | Cape Philagra |
| WGS84 | 38.16094° N, 24.391751° E |
| Accuracy | Exact |
| LAT/LON | 38.16094, 24.391751 |
| LON/LAT | 24.391751, 38.16094 |
| DMS | 38° 9' 39.384" N | , | 24° 23' 30.3036" E |
| W3W | fans, quality, thickset |
| UTM | 35 S, 271485, 4226887 |
| EGSA87 | 534171, 4223457 |
| Elevation m | 274 |
| Elevation feet | 899 |
| Region | Euboea |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Fort
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Ålin [1962], 127 'Späthelladische Scherben und andere Funde sind sonst auf Euböa aus den folgenden Plätzen zu verzeichnen: ..., Filagra, ... '2. Artifacts. Hankey [1952], 60 In note 14: 'L.H. sherds and other objects have also been found at the following places in Euboea, ..., Filagra.'
3. Fort. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 234 ' ... a fortified hill site ... '
4. Hab. Fachard [2012], 240 'Les traces des vestiges et la céramique de surface actuellement visibles confirment l'hypothèse d'un habitat antique.'
5. hab. Simpson [1981], 57 '.. a fortified hill site of the Classical period, ...'
6. Settlement. Fachard [2012], 238 'Son origine remonte à l'époque mycénienne.'
7. Sherds. Fachard [2009], 917 'Mycenaean sherds were only noticed quite far from Styra, at the rocky spur of Philagra on the Aegean coast of the Island, ... '
8. Sherds. Hankey [1952], 60 'L.H. sherds and other objects have also been found at the following places in Euboea, ...: ..., Filagra.'
9. Sherds. Simpson and Dickinson [1979], 234 'A few LH sherds were found here, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic: (1700 BC - 1050 BC)
a. Simpson [1981]: 57, 'LH C'
b. Fachard [2009]: 917, 'Mycenaean sherds ... '
c. Ålin [1962]: 127, ' ... Späthelladische ... '
d. Fachard [2012]: 238, 'Son origine remonte à l'époque mycénienne.' And p. 337 where the periods are given as ''HR, C, H, B, ... '
e. Hankey [1952]: 60, 'L.H. sherds and other objects have also been found ... '
f. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: 234, 'A few LH sherds were found here, ... '
NOTES
1. An extensive discussion of Philagra is in Fachard [2012] 237-9 although primarily about its later periods.
2. Fachard [2012] 238, fn. 397 says "Le toponyme pourrait être d'origine mycénienne: Phillagrā est un nom propre féminin, attesté sur une tablette de Knossos, .... "
3. For more on Philagra see the entry on pg. 60 in M.H. Hansen and T.H. Nielsen, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation, Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0198140993.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Ålin [1962]: Ålin, Per. Das Ende der mykenischen Fundstätten auf dem griechischen Festland. Carl Bloms Boktryckeri A.-B., Lund, 1962., '', pg. 127.
2. Fachard [2012]: Fachard, Sylvian. La Défense du Territoire; Étude de la Chora Érétrienne et de ses Fortifications, École suisse d'archéologie en Grèce. InFolio Editions, CH-Gollion. 2012, 'Philagra', pg. 237.
And p. 337, no. 182 'Philagra'
Online here.
3. Fachard [2009]: Fachard, Sylvian. ‘A Cyclopean Wall at Loupaka, near Dystos?’, A. Mazarakis Ainian (ed.), Archaiologiko Ergo Thessalias kai Stereas Elladas (2009). 907-923., 2009, ''Southern Euboea in the Late Bronze Age'', pg. 917.
Online here.
4. Hankey [1952]: Hankey, V.. ‘Late Helladic Tombs at Khalkis’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, (47), pp. 49-95. 1952., 'footnote 14b', pg. 60.
Online here.
5. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'B 80 Cape Philagra', pg. 57.
Online here.
6. Simpson and Dickinson [1979]: Simpson, Richard Hope and O.T.P.K. Dickinson. A Gazetteer of Aegean Civilization in the Bronze Age, Vol. I: The Mainland and the Islands. Paul Åströms Förlag, Goteborg. 1979., 'F 99 Philagra (Cape)', pg. 233.
Online here.