Hellespontophylakes
Hellespontophylakes (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλησποντοφύλακες, "Guards of the Hellespont") were Athenian grain officials in Classical Greece responsible for overseeing the passage of grain from the Euxine Sea (Black Sea) to the Aegean and Athens. Leveraging the power of the Athenian navy, they could deny every and any other state's access to the Euxine Sea.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ The Athenian Empire By Polly Low Page 29 ISBN 0-8014-9984-4 (2008)
Feeding the democracy: the Athenian grain supply in the fifth and fourth century Page 335 ISBN 0-19-922840-X (2007)