TILOS
One of the Dodecanese, Greece.
An
island situated between Rhodes and Nisyros. Pliny
(
4.23.3) says that its older name was
Αγαθοῦσα. The.
early settlers of Tilos were Dorians. Tilos joined Rhodes
in the foundation of Gela during the 7th c. B.C. (
Hdt.
7.153). It appears in the tribute lists in 427-426 B.C. The
acropolis and the town lie at Megalo Chorio to the N
of the island. They are protected by a fortification system, probably early Hellenistic. At Kastello, near modern
Livadhia, there is a steep area protected by a fortification wall and a round Hellenistic tower. Tilos possesses a collection of Classical and Hellenistic sculpture and inscriptions.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
R. M. Dawkins & W.J.B. Wace,
BSA
12 (1905-6) 159-65; B. D. Meritt,
ATL, I (1939) 555;
G. E. Bean & J. M. Cook,
BSA 52 (1957) 116-18; R. H. Simpson & J. F. Lazenby,
BSA 65 (1970) 63-68
MP.
D. SCHILARDI
