Cape Baba
Cape Baba(Turkish:Baba Burnu) orCape Lecton(Ancient Greek:Λεκτόν)[1]is the westernmost point of theTurkish mainland,making it the westernmost point ofAsia.It is located at the village of Babakale ( "Father Castle" ),Ayvacık, Çanakkale,in the historical area of theTroad.There was alighthouseat Cape Baba that was calledLekton(LatinizedasLectum) in classical times,[2]anglicisedasCape Lecture.[3]
Cape Lecton is mentioned inHomer'sIliad,[4]and by many ancient writers and geographers, includingHerodotus,[5]Thucydides,[6]Aristotle,[7]Livy,[8]Plutarch,[9]Strabo,[10]Pliny the Elder,[11]Athenaeus[12]andPtolemaeus.[13]
TheActs of the Apostlesrecords a journey around the Cape fromTroastoAssosundertaken byLuke the Evangelistand his companions, whilePaul the Apostletook the journey over land (Acts 20:13). TheJamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentaryexplains:
In sailing southward from Troas to Assos, one has to round Cape Lecture, and keeping due east to run along the northern shore of the Gulf ofAdramyttium,on which it lies. This is a sail of nearly forty miles; whereas by land, cutting right across, in a southeasterly direction, from sea to sea, by that excellentRoman roadwhich then existed, the distance was scarcely more than half. The one way Paul wished his companions to take, while he himself, longing perhaps to enjoy a period of solitude, took the other, joining the ship, by appointment, at Assos.[3]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Lecton — Brill".
- ^William Smith,ed. (1854)Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography(entryLectum) Retrieved September 25, 2013
- ^abJamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentaryon Acts 20http://biblehub.com/commentaries/jfb//acts/20.htmaccessed 13 October 2015
- ^Homer, Iliad, 14.284
- ^Herodotus, The Histories, 9.114
- ^Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, 8.101
- ^Aristotle, History of Animals, 5.15.3
- ^Livy, History of Rome, 37
- ^Plutarch, Life of Lucullus, 3.8
- ^Strabo, Geography, 13.1.2
- ^Pliny the Elder, Natural History
- ^Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, 3.88
- ^Ptolemaeus, Geography, 5.2.4
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