Problematika etnonima Iliri u Periplusu Pseudo Skilaka
Issue of the Etnonym Illyrians in the Periplous of Pseudo Scilax

Summary/Abstract: The paper is related to the work Scilax of Caryanda, the oldest work of Greek geography that relates to the coasts of the Adriatic Sea. Using data from the Periplous itself, and the results of previous research, but primarily the work of M. Suić, the research paper is focused on establishing the position of the etnonym Illyrians on Adriatic coasts. Referring to Chapters 22 and 26, the paper deals with the issue of the titles of these chapters. While M. Suić suggested the title Boulinoi for Chapter 22, our proposal for this chapter is Hylloi. The largest part of Chapter 22 deals with the Hylloi, the legend about their origin, the area in which they lived and the city of Heraclea, whose founding may be connected to the tradition that is linked to the origin of the Hylloi. Taking into account the very pronounced and long tradition of their origin, a realistic possibility of connecting of the Adriatic Hylloi with the expansion of Greek colonization of the Adriatic area, and the fact that even Pliny the Elder calls Diomedes’ Horn Hylloian Horn, and not Boulinoic peninsula, as well as the discovered significant amounts of money with the name of Heraclea, which might have gotten its name after the Hylloi, the assumption that the title of Chapter 22 should have been Hylloi seems completely justifi ed. M. Suić also suggested that Chapter 26 should be renamed from Taulantians into Illyrians, which we fi nd unacceptable, not only because of the fact that the city Epidamnos was located in the country of Taulantians, which was emphasized by Gronovius, but also because of the fact that Taulantians were a people that the Greek knew well as early as in the sixth century BC, and it therefore seems fully unjustified to assume that the original author of Periplous in the fourth century BC could have made a mistake in relation to the name of the people of Taulantians that were well known for a long period of time.

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