Palakion (Παλάκιον), according to Strabo, was a Scythian fortress in the steppes of Crimea.[1] The only information about it is from an inscription on the gravestone of a dweller of Chersonesos who died in a battle at the walls of Palakion.[2][3]
Strabo suggests that Palakion, Chabon (Chabaioi[4]) and Scythian Neapolis were named after sons of Scythian ruler Skilurus (Palakus, in the case of Palakion).[1]
Peter Simon Pallas speculated that the name of Balaklava is a corruption of 'Palakion'.[5] There is no historical evidence to this.[6]
