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Harpagion

Coordinates:40°20′03″N27°23′31″E/ 40.334274°N 27.391984°E/40.334274; 27.391984
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Harpagion(Ancient Greek:Ἁρπάγιον) was a town of theancient Troad,or ofMysiamentioned byThucydides.[1]Its territory was calledHarpageia(τὰ Ἁρπαγεῖα)[2]orHarpagia(Ἁρπάγια).[3]It lay betweenPriapusandCyzicus,near the mouth of the riverGranicus.It belonged to theDelian Leaguesince it appears in tribute records ofAthensbetween the years 448/7 and 429/8 BCE.[4] Thucydides writes that three days after theBattle of Cynossema,during thePeloponnesian War,the Athenians captured eight ships coming fromByzantiumat Harpagion and Priapus.[1]

According to some mythsGanymedewas snatched from there.[5][6]

Its site is located inAsiatic Turkey.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^abThucydides.History of the Peloponnesian War.Vol. 8.107.
  2. ^Strabo.Geographica.Vol. xiii. p. 587.Page numbers refer to those ofIsaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^Stephanus of Byzantium.Ethnica.Vol.s.v.
  4. ^Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Troad".An inventory of archaic and classical poleis.New York:Oxford University Press.p. 979.ISBN0-19-814099-1.
  5. ^Strabo, Geography, §13.1.11
  6. ^Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §A124.9
  7. ^Richard Talbert,ed. (2000).Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying.ISBN978-0-691-03169-9.
  8. ^Lund University.Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1854–1857). "Harpageia".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.London: John Murray.

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