Enkhelyawon (

Mycenaean Greek Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC). The language is preserved in inscriptions in Linear B, a script first atteste ...

: , ''e-ke-rja-wo'') was possibly a Mycenaean king from

Pylos Pylos (, ; ), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of ...

in the 13th century BCE. Enkhelyawon is known from

Linear B Linear B is a syllabary, syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest Attested language, attested form of the Greek language. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest known examp ...

records from Pylos. He was very important and owned great estates, including good farm land, a thousand grapevines and a thousand fig trees; he also had forty men serving as rowers in the fleet. Because of this it is assumed that he was a king - Mycenaean Greek: ''

wanax (Greek: ; from earlier , ') is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord (military) leader".. It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus, and is inherited from Mycenaean Greece. It is not ...

''; Linear B: , ''wa-na-ka''; later

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: , ''anax'' - and that he ruled over Pylos. But as kings are only mentioned by their title in texts of Linear B, it is not possible to conclusively prove this theory.

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* {{cite book, title=Mykene. Geschichte und Mythos, first=Louise, last=Schofield, publisher=Verlag Philipp von Zabern, place= Mainz am Rhein, year=2009, page=120, isbn=978-3-8053-3943-8, language=de Ancient Messenians History of Pylos Kings in Europe Mycenaean Greeks 13th-century BC monarchs 12th-century BC monarchs

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