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Historical name of the Turkish Biga Peninsula
The Troad (/ˈtroʊˌæd/ or /ˈtroʊəd/; Greek: Τρωάδα, Troáda) or Troas (/ˈtroʊəs/; Ancient Greek: Τρῳάς, Trōiás or Τρωϊάς, Trōïás) is a historical region
Troad
People in Greek mythology
Δάρδανοι), also known as Dardanians or Dardans, were a legendary people of the Troad, located in northwestern Anatolia. The Dardanoi were the descendants of
Dardanians_(Trojan)
Ancient Greek city
Latin: Achilleum) was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. It has been located on a promontory known as Beşika
Achilleion_(Troad)
Ancient city in northwest Asia Minor
dynasts during a campaign which rolled back Persian influence throughout the Troad. Ilion remained outside the control of the Persian satrapal administration
Troy
Legendary war in Greek mythology
The Achaeans buried him as a god on the Thracian peninsula, across the Troäd. After Protesilaus's death, his brother, Podarces, took command of his troops
Trojan_War
Ancient Greek city located on the eastern side of the Hellespont in the northern Troad
Turkey, situated on the eastern side of the Hellespont in the northern Troad. An inhabitant of Lampsacus was called a Lampsacene. The name has been transmitted
Lampsacus
Ancient Greek city
Skamander valley in the Troad region of Anatolia. According to some scholars, the city's name was changed to Antiocheia in the Troad (Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια
Cebrene
She was the mother of Ilus, Erichthonius, and Zacynthus. A hill in the Troad and the town Bateia were named after her. Batia's father was the ruler of
Batea_of_Troad
Naiad in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Abarbarea (Ancient Greek: Ἀβαρβαρέη, romanized: Abarbaree, lit. 'unmuddy') was a naiad. In the Iliad, she was the lover of Bucolion
Abarbarea_(lover_of_Bucolion)
Historical region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor
Phrygia on the southeast, Lydia on the south, Aeolis on the southwest, Troad on the west, and the Propontis on the north. In ancient times it was inhabited
Mysia
Greek mythological figure
was the founder of the city of Dardanus at the foot of Mount Ida in the Troad. Dardanus, a son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra, was a significant figure
Dardanus_(son_of_Zeus)
Municipality in Turkey
the ancient city of Troy, which (together with the ancient region of the Troad) is also located inside Çanakkale Province. The wooden horse from the 2004
Çanakkale
Ancient city in the Troad, Anatolia
form; Greek: Δάρδανον, Dardanon, the neuter) was an ancient city in the Troad. It was sometimes called Dardania (Greek: Δαρδανία, Dardania, neuter plural
Dardanus_(city)
Ancient Greek city in Anatolia
romanized: Larissa), was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. Its surrounding territory was known in Greek as the
Larisa_(Troad)
Narrow strait in northwestern Turkey
(Turkish: Gelibolu) are sparsely settled, while the southern shores along the Troad peninsula (Turkish: Biga) are inhabited by Çanakkale's urban population
Dardanelles
Mountain in Turkey with legendary mention in the poems of Homer
Mount Ida (Turkish: Kazdağı, pronounced [kazdaɯ], meaning "Goose Mountain", Kaz Dağları, or Karataş Tepesi, Greek: Ίδα) is a mountain in northwestern Turkey
Mount_Ida_(Turkey)
Place in Greek mythology
"Mountain of the Goddess": Mount Ida in Crete, and Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey), which was also known
Mount_Ida
Greek mythological hero
intervention of Athena. The tomb of Achilles, extant throughout antiquity in the Troad, was venerated by Thessalians, but also by Persian expeditionary forces
Achilles
Topics referred to by the same term
(Thessaly), a Neolithic site in Thessaly, Greece Achilleion (Troad), a Greek polis in the Troad, Turkey This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct
Achilleion
Prophetess of classical antiquity
sea monsters and an immortal nymph". He said that the Sibyl came from the Troad to Delphi before the Trojan War, "in wrath with her brother Apollo", lingered
Delphic_Sibyl
Topics referred to by the same term
(Lydia), town of ancient Lydia, Turkey Larisa (Troad), ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia, Turkey Larisa (given name)
Larisa
Province of the Byzantine Empire
The Opsician Theme (Greek: θέμα Ὀψικίου, thema Opsikiou) or simply Opsikion (Greek: [θέμα] Ὀψίκιον, from Latin: Obsequium) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian
Opsikion
Part of Iliad, listing towns, war leaders and number of ships
of 120 men per ship results in a total of 142,320 men transported to the Troad. They are named by various ethnonyms and had lived in 164 places described
Catalogue_of_Ships
Province in northwestern Turkey
while the Asian part is largely coterminous with the historic region of Troad in Anatolia. They are separated by the Dardanelles strait, connecting the
Çanakkale_Province
Town of ancient Troad
Astyra (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυρα) was a town of ancient Troad, mentioned by Strabo. Strabo writes that it was above Abydus and once an independent city,
Astyra_(Troad)
Town in ancient Troad
Aianteion or Aeantium (Ancient Greek: Αἰάντειον) was a town in ancient Troad. Its name is translated as "of Ajax" It was founded by the Rhodians in honour
Aianteion_(Troad)
who lives on Ida') was a nymph, presumably of Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey). She was the wife of the
Idaea_(mother_of_King_Teucer)
masterminds the abduction of cruise ship passengers along with her assistant Troad where she makes a serum that transforms people into animal-like creatures
List of Totally Spies! characters
List_of_Totally_Spies!_characters
Greek mythological figure of the Trojan War
dwelling in Pedasus, and Chryses residing in Chryse; both were towns in the Troad. Pedasus was said by Homer to be Lelegian settlement, ruled by the Lelegian
Briseus
the Apostle Paul visited the Troad, the region around Ilion, on one of his missionary journeys. A church in the Troad is mentioned in Paul's Second Epistle
Diocese_of_Ilion
Ruler of Troy in Greek mythology
from Tros that the Dardanians were called Trojans and the land named the Troad. Homer, Iliad 20.230; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 29 Dictys Cretensis, 4.22 Scholiast
Tros_(mythology)
Human settlement
Chryse (Greek: Χρύση), or Chrysa (Χρύσα), was a town of the ancient Troad, mentioned by Pliny as being on the coast north of Cape Lectum. The site of
Chryse_(Troad)
Town located in the ancient Troad
Argyria (Ancient Greek: Ἀργυρία) was a town situated on the ancient Troad, on the right bank of the Aesepus River (modern Gönen Çay) near Scepsis. It
Argyria_(Troad)
Name in Greek mythology
refers to the following individuals: Batea, daughter of King Teucer of the Troad. Batea, a Naiad, who married King Oebalus of Sparta. Their sons were Hippocoon
Batea_(mythology)
6th century BCE sarcophagus from Hellespontine Phrygia
on the spot of a Troad tumulus where he may have been buried. Strabo (13.1.32) suggested that such a cult of Achilles existed in Troad: Near the Sigeium
Polyxena_sarcophagus
Ancient Greek city
ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Lyrnessos (Troad) ', Manto, https://resource.manto.unh.edu/8195155 [last modified: 23 03
Lyrnessus
Battle fought between Alexander the Great and the Achaemenids
the road from Abydus to Dascylium, at the crossing of the Granicus in the Troad region, which is now called the Biga River in Turkey. In the battle Alexander
Battle_of_the_Granicus
Ancient city of the Troad, Turkey
Alexandria Troas ("Alexandria of the Troad"; Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια Τρωάς; Turkish: Eski Stambul, "Old Istanbul") is the site of an ancient Greek city situated
Alexandria_Troas
Topics referred to by the same term
Polichne (Naxos), a town of ancient Naxos, Greece Polichne (Troad), a town of the ancient Troad, now in Turkey Polichna (disambiguation) This disambiguation
Polichne
British archaeologist
Corfu, Athens, Egypt, Brindisi and others, but he mostly stayed in the Troad, the region of Asia Minor believed to have been under Trojan rule. At the
Frank_Calvert
Son of Poseidon in Greek mythology
means "swan") or Cygnus was the king of the town of Kolonai in the southern Troad. Cycnus was the son of Poseidon by Calyce (daughter of Hecaton), Harpale
Cycnus_(son_of_Poseidon)
Town on the Propontis in ancient Troad
(Ancient Greek: Μητρόπολις) was a town on the Propontis in the ancient Troad. It is known only from epigraphic testimony documenting a tribute decree
Metropolis_(Troad)
Ancient Greek settlement in Turkey
Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in the Troad Ainos Alexandria Troas Alopeconnesus Ammoi Amycus Anaplous Apamea Myrlea
Orestias
the Sanni, ancestors of the Zan, including Mingrelians and Lazs) Troas / Troad (sometimes included in Mysia) Sigrene Commagene (roughly corresponding to
Ancient_regions_of_Anatolia
River gods in Greek mythology
Apollonius Scheria (Corcyra) * Aesar ✓ Strabo Tyrrhenia or Etruria * Aesepus ✓ ✓ Troad ✓ Almo ✓ ✓ Latium * Alpheus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Arcadia ✓ Amnisos ✓ Apollonius,
River_gods_(Greek_mythology)
Daughter of Ilus
romanized: Themístē) or Themis was a Trojan princess and daughter of King Ilus II of Troad. She was the (half) sister of Laomedon, Tithonius and Telecleia. Themiste
Themiste
Ancient Greek archaeological site in Turkey
Greek: Μάρπησσος) was a settlement in the middle Skamander valley of the Troad region of Anatolia. The settlement's name is also spelled Μαρμησσός, Μαρμισσός
Marpessos
Ancient city-state, potential historical counterpart of Troy
of the Gediz river, but must have been to the north of the river, in the Troad. One alternative hypothesis proposes that Wilusa was located near Beycesultan
Wilusa
Ancient Greek city of the Troad
Kolōnai; Latin: Colonae) was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. It has been located on a hill by the coast known as
Kolonai
Turkey Chryse (Lesbos), Lesbos, a place in Greece Chryse (Troad), a town of the ancient Troad, now in Turkey Chryse, Skyros, a village or place in Ancient
Chryse (ancient Greek placename)
Chryse_(ancient_Greek_placename)
Prehistorical period in Western Asia
the Hittite Empire was replaced by regional Neo-Hittite powers including Troad, Ionia, Lydia, Caria and Lycia in the west; Phrygia, centrally and Cimmeria
Prehistory_of_Anatolia
4th-century BCE Greek mercenary commander
Iranica. Ellis-Evans, Aneurin (2018). "Memnon and Mentor of Rhodes in the Troad". The Numismatic Chronicle. 178: 33–69. JSTOR 45176675. Memnon of Rhodes
Memnon_of_Rhodes
Ancient Greek god
Smintheus), "Sminthian"—that is, "of the town of Sminthos or Sminthe" near the Troad town of Hamaxitus Napaian Apollo (Ἀπόλλων Ναπαῖος), from the city of Nape
Apollo
Topics referred to by the same term
Thebe Hypoplakia, a mythological city in the Trojan Cilicia, near the Troad Thebes, Illinois, a village in the United States Thebes Channel, an Egyptian
Thebes
Ancient city
Greek: Ζέλεια) and Zele (Ancient Greek: Ζέλη) was a town of the ancient Troad, at the foot of Mount Ida and on the banks of the river Aesepus (both located
Zeleia
Topics referred to by the same term
Dardan or Dardans may refer to: Dardanoi, an ancient people of the Troad Dardani, an ancient people of the Balkans Dardan (given name) Dardan Mushkolaj
Dardan
Debate on the factuality of the Homeric canon
as the Seha River, and combining these data points places Wilusa in the Troad—a region in which Hisarlik is the only major Bronze Age city attested in
Historicity_of_the_Iliad
Ancient Anatolian region
traditional location near Lycia and another located in the eastern part of the Troad - and that most of the Hittite records concern the latter. The Amarna letters
Lukka_lands
Oracles in Ancient Greece
according to Heraclides of Pontus, was formerly within the boundaries of the Troad. The sibylline collection at Gergis was attributed to the Hellespontine
Sibyl
Peninsula of Turkey in Western Asia
Saint Paul Seleucid Empire Seven churches of Asia Seven Sleepers Tarsus Troad Turkic migration Additional alternative names include Asian/Asiatic Turkey
Anatolia
Transcontinental geopolitical region
Cappadocia Caria Corduene Chaldia Doris Lycaonia Lycia Lydia Galatia Pisidia Pontus Mysia Arzawa Speri Sophene Biga Peninsula Troad Tuwana Alpide belt
Middle_East
Ancient city in north west Minor Asia
the centre of a conventus iuridicus, and its jurisdiction included the Troad and the western half of Mysia. Adramyttium was also the centre of a conventus
Adramyttium
Town in ancient Troad
(Γέργιθα) or Gergithes (Γέργιθες), and later Kerge, was a town in ancient Troad, on the north of the Scamander River. It was inhabited, according to Herodotus
Gergis_(Troad)
Subregion of the Asian continent
Cappadocia Caria Corduene Chaldia Doris Lycaonia Lycia Lydia Galatia Pisidia Pontus Mysia Arzawa Speri Sophene Biga Peninsula Troad Tuwana Alpide belt
South_Asia
Town located on the Rhodius River in the ancient Troad
(Ancient Greek: Γόρδος) was a town located on the Rhodius River in the ancient Troad mentioned by Strabo. Its site is unlocated, but probably located between
Gordus_(Troad)
Ancient Greek Bronze Age civilizations
details of monumental evidence the articles on Crete, Mycenae, Tiryns, Troad, Cyprus, etc., must be consulted. The most representative site explored
Aegean_civilization
Greek mythological figure
the land that would eventually be called Dardania (and later still the Troad) was known as Teucria and the inhabitants as Teucrians, after Teucer. According
King_Teucer
Mythological queen of Troad
Philonome was the second wife of king Cycnus of Colonae, a city in the Troad region of northwestern Asia Minor. Through her marriage she became stepmother
Philonome (daughter of Tragasus)
Philonome_(daughter_of_Tragasus)
Ai-Khanoum, Ay Khanum, possibly Eucratidia Alexandria Troas Troad region of Turkey Alexandria of the Troad, Sigia, Antigonia Troas, Alinda near Karpuzlu, Turkey
List_of_ancient_Greek_cities
(Πολίχνα), was a small town in the upper valley of the Aesepus in the ancient Troad. Its site is unlocated. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. p.603. Page numbers
Polichne_(Troad)
Topics referred to by the same term
rivers Nestos and Hebros Larissa, ancient name of Gortyn, Crete Larissa (Troad), an ancient city near Troy. Larissa Phrikonis, an ancient Greek city in
Larissa_(disambiguation)
Ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor
Skepsis (Ancient Greek: Σκῆψις or Σκέψις) was an ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor that is at the present site of the village of Kurşunlutepe,
Scepsis
Capital of the Hittite Empire
Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in the Troad Ainos Alexandria Troas Alopeconnesus Ammoi Amycus Anaplous Apamea Myrlea
Hattusa
Topics referred to by the same term
Roman and Byzantine province in the Balkans Dardania (Troad), a city and a district of the Troad, in Asia Minor on the Hellespont (the modern Dardanelles)
Dardania
Region in the Eastern Mediterranean
Cappadocia Caria Corduene Chaldia Doris Lycaonia Lycia Lydia Galatia Pisidia Pontus Mysia Arzawa Speri Sophene Biga Peninsula Troad Tuwana Alpide belt
Levant
Ancient Greek city in Asia Minor
Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in the Troad Ainos Alexandria Troas Alopeconnesus Ammoi Amycus Anaplous Apamea Myrlea
Thyatira
Archaeological stratum showing evidence of violent or catastrophic destruction
doi:10.1558/jmea.2007.v20i1.3. Korfmann, Manfred (2006). Troia and the Troad: Scientific Approaches. Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-24315-4. {{cite book}}:
Destruction_layer
King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire from 486 to 465 BC
to Appease Athena: A Reconsideration of Xerxes' Purported Visit to the Troad (Hdt. 7.42–43)". Klio. 99 (2): 464–484. doi:10.1515/klio-2017-0033. S2CID 199060163
Xerxes_I
Ancient Greek city in Anatolia
Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in the Troad Ainos Alexandria Troas Alopeconnesus Ammoi Amycus Anaplous Apamea Myrlea
Ephesus
Subregion of the Asian continent
Cappadocia Caria Corduene Chaldia Doris Lycaonia Lycia Lydia Galatia Pisidia Pontus Mysia Arzawa Speri Sophene Biga Peninsula Troad Tuwana Alpide belt
Southeast_Asia
Town in Turkey
southern side of Biga Peninsula (better known by its ancient name of the Troad). Assos sits on the coast of the Adramyttian Gulf (Turkish: Edremit Körfezi)
Assos
Titles of the Greek god Zeus
(Ἰδαῖος), of mount Ida. Either Mount Ida in Crete or Mount Ida in the ancient Troad Ikmaios (Ικμαιος; "of Moisture") or Latinized Icmaeus Ithomatas (Ιθωμάτας)
Epithets_of_Zeus
Western region of Asia
Cappadocia Caria Corduene Chaldia Doris Lycaonia Lycia Lydia Galatia Pisidia Pontus Mysia Arzawa Speri Sophene Biga Peninsula Troad Tuwana Alpide belt
West_Asia
Ancient city in modern Turkey
Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in the Troad Ainos Alexandria Troas Alopeconnesus Ammoi Amycus Anaplous Apamea Myrlea
Doliche_(Commagene)
Medieval Armenian city
Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in the Troad Ainos Alexandria Troas Alopeconnesus Ammoi Amycus Anaplous Apamea Myrlea
Ani
Greek mythological character
left behind with an undisclosed force to occupy the city of Priapus in Troad, which surrendered to Alexander the Great as he continued to Granicus in
Panegorus
Topics referred to by the same term
Greek: Νέανδρος) can refer to: Neandreia or Neandrus, a Greek city in the Troad region of Asia Minor Neandrus (mythology), a man in Greek mythology This
Neandrus
Two waterways in Turkey
constitutes the banks of the continent of Europe, while the lower peninsula is Troad (Turkish: Biga) and constitutes the banks of the continent of Asia. The
Turkish_Straits
Topics referred to by the same term
(Pontus), a town of ancient Pontus, now in Turkey Argyria (Troad), a town of the ancient Troad, now in Turkey This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Argyria_(disambiguation)
Lycian Archer
Πάνδαρος Pándaros), son of Lycaon, is a skilled Lycian archer who lived in the Troad city of Zeleia. In the Iliad, he is allied with Troy and appears in stories
Pandarus
Ancient site of a town in Anatolia
of the Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia, comprising lands of the Troad, Mysia and Bithynia. Pharnabazus was satrap of Darius III there, until Alexander
Dascylium
Syriac Christian hermit and priest
At this point, seduced by a false monk, she ran away ashamed and went to Troad, where she wound up a prostitute. For two years he lamented her departure
Abraham_Kidunaia
1923 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
Priory, Sir William Brinton is an archaeologist "whose excavations in the Troad excited most of the world in their day." It is Brinton who figures out how
The_Rats_in_the_Walls
Roman poet (c. 84 – c. 54 BC)
staff of the commander Gaius Memmius. While in the East, he traveled to the Troad to perform rites at his brother's tomb, an event recorded in a moving poem
Catullus
Former populated place in Turkey
Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia which was considered to mark the boundary between the Troad and Aeolis. Its surrounding territory
Hamaxitus
German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)
Results of Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Troy and Through the Troad in the Years 1871-72-73-78-79; Including an Autobiography of the Author
Heinrich_Schliemann
Ancient city in the Troad
Cenchreae or Kenchreai (Ancient Greek: Κεγχρεαί) was a city of the ancient Troad. According to Stephanus of Byzantium, the city was that "in which Homer
Cenchreae_(Troad)
Set of mythological Greek characters
first temple of Nemesis, and after whom Adrasteia, a city and plain in the Troad, was said to have been named. Sometimes confused with Adrastus, the son
Adrastus_(mythology)
Peninsula in the Republic of Turkey
in the northwest part of Anatolia. It is also known by its ancient name Troad (Troas). The peninsula is bounded by the Dardanelles Strait and the southwest
Biga_Peninsula
Statuas Adrasteia Aegospotami Agora Aianteion in Thrace Aianteion in the Troad Ainos Alexandria Troas Alopeconnesus Ammoi Amycus Anaplous Apamea Myrlea
Kendema
TROAD
TROAD
TROAD
TROAD
Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
Biblical
Master of the palm-tree.
Girl/Female
Tamil
The one who shines, Splendid, Ornamental, Shining
Female
Russian
(Варвара) Russian form of Greek Barbara, VARVARA means "foreign; strange."
Female
Egyptian
, the wife of Amenemapet.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Lucentio, son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Shine
Girl/Female
Muslim
Of elegant, Statue, Soft, Joy, Jewel, To gaze, Look
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vipinbehari | விபிநபேஹரீ
Forest wanderer
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Modern
Birdy
TROAD
TROAD
TROAD
TROAD
TROAD
n.
See Trode.