ABSTRACT
The extant arbitration treaties of the Cretan cities have often been discussed. Although it is not one of those which alludes to the diagramma, the treaty between Knossos and Tylisos conducted by the arbitration of Argos about 450 B.C. is among the more interesting and important.2 It is singled out for mention here because it is an early document which has marked similarities with the many later treaties between the Cretan cities.3 Regulations are agreed in the treaty concerning the calendar, the right to hold real property, the seizure of land for debt, frontiers, religious observances, the disposal of booty taken in war, mutual help in diplomatic negotiations and mutual rights of hospitality.
