Primary Source II: A reading from Pseudo Scylax

Scylax (or Pseudo-Skylax) was a Greek geographer who lived during the fourth century BCE. He is known for writing a work called ""Periplus", which is a description of the coastlines and ports of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the Red Sea. His exact identity is not known, but it is believed "Scylax" was used as a pseudonym to give the work more authority. Although not much has been said in antiquity about the languages spoken in Cyprus, Scylax's observations on the different settlements in Cyprus (i.e., some being Greek and others "barbarian") implicitly reveal the linguistic diversity of the island. Next month I chat with Pippa Steel (University of Cambridge) on The Linguistic History of Cyprus in antiquity.