Pylos (Graece:Πύλος) fuit urbsMycenaea inMesseniaGraeciae. Situs fere 3 chm. a vicoChora occidentem et meridiem versus distat ad locum hodiernumEnclianum Superius (Επάνω Εγκλιανό). Archaeologi ibi ruinas effosserunt (et praecipuepalatii q.d. Nestoris) tabulasque scripturaeLinearis B reppererunt. Anno 2015 sepulcrum subterraneum reppererunt ubi anno circiter 1 500 a.C.n. cadaver "bellatoris gryphis" (cuius nomen nescitur) resque divitissimae depositae sunt.
E nomine urbis antiquae nuncupaturoppidum hodiernum, fere 17 chm. distans et ad oram maritimam iacens.
Pylos fuit caput regni in duas provincias divisi:
- de-we-ro-a3-ko-ra-i-ja, in qua novem pagi comprehensi sunt:pi-*82,me-ta-pa,pe-to-no,pa-ki-ja-pi,a-pu2-we,a-ke-re-wa,ro-u-so,ka-ra-do-ro,ri-jo
- pe-ra3-ko-ra-i-ja, in qua septem pagi comprehensi sunt:ti-mi-to-a-ke-e,ra-wa-ra-ta2,sa-ma-ra,a-si-ja-ti-ja,e-ra-te-re-wa-pi,za-ma-e-wi-ja,e-re-i[1]
- C. W. Blegen, Marion Rawson; Jack L. Davis, Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, edd.,A Guide to the Palace of Nestor, Mycenaean Sites in Its Environs and the Chora Museum. Nova ed. Athenis: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2001.ISBN 9780876616406 (Paginae selectae apudGoogle Books) [editio prima: 1962]
- C. W. Blegen, M. Rawson,The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia. I: The buildings and their contents. Princetoniae, 1966
- J. L. Davis, ed.,Sandy Pylos: an archaeological history from Nestor to Navarino. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998
- S. Hofstra,Small Things Considered: The Finds from Pylos in Context. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000
- M. Lang,The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia. II: The frescoes. Princetoniae, 1969
- C. W. Shelmerdine,The Perfume Industry in Mycenaean Pylos. Göteborg, 1985 (SIMA Pocket Book, 34)
- De alimentis et cenis
- Thomas G. Palaima, "Sacrificial Feasting in the Linear B Documents" inHesperia vol. 73 (2004) pp. 217-246JSTOR
- A. Papathanasiou, Lynne A. Schepartz, Michael P. Richards, E. Malapani, "Bioarchaeological evidence for social differentiation in the health and diet of Mycenaean Pylos" inΠανεπιστήμιο Πελοππονήσου: Πρακτικά 2ου Συμποσίου ARC-RNT (Calamatae, 2012) pp. 143-151
- Lynne A. Schepartz, Sari Miller-Antonio, Joanne M. A. Murphy, "Differential Health among the Mycenaeans of Messenia: Status, Sex, and Dental Health at Pylos" in L. A. Schepartz, S. C. Fox, C. Bourbou, edd.,New Directions in the Skeletal Biology of Greece (Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2009) pp. 155–174
- Lynne A. Schepartz, Sari Miller-Antonio, Sharon R. Stocker, Jack L. Davis, Joanne M. A. Murphy, Michael P. Richards, "No Seat at the Table? Mycenaean Women’s Diet and Health in Pylos, Greece" in Lynne A. Schepartz, ed.,Anthropology a la Carte: The Evolution and Diversity of Human Diet (2a ed. Cognella Academic Publishing, 2014.ISBN 978-1-62131-796-8)
- De provinciis et pagis
- J. Bennet, "Space through time: diachronic perspectives on the spatial organization of the Pylian state" inPoliteia (1995) pp. 587-602
- J. Chadwick, "The two provinces of Pylos" inMinos vol. 7 (1963) pp. 125-141
- J. T. Killen, "The two provinces of Pylos revisited" inFaventia, Supplementa vol. 1.Actas del Simposio Internacional: 55 Años de Micenología (1952-2007) p. 155 ff.
- A. P. Sainer, "An index of the place names at Pylos" inStudi micenei ed egeo-anatolici vol. 17 (1976) pp. 17-63
