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Τύλος

Τύλος

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Τῠ́λος (Túlos) ? (genitive Τύλου); second declension

  1. Tylos (old name for Bahrain)
    • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 13.9.5
      καὶ ἐποίει τὸν πλοῦν ἐπὶ Τύλον τὴν νῆσον καὶ ἐποίει τὸν ἀπόπλουν ἐπὶ Σελευκείας.
      He then sailed to the island of Tylos, and thence to Seleucia.

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