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Surroundings:

The Odeon of Troy IX, built by Augustus and renovated by Hadrian in 124 ADSchliemann`s Scaean GateSchliemann`s Scaean GateFrom where Danaos came?From where Danaos came?Ruins of TroyView from Hisarlik - From where Danaos came?Portion of the legendary walls of Troy (VII)Timeo Danaos et dona ferentesThe southwest gate of Troy II, c.2350-c.2250TroyTroyTroy, Schlieman`s excavationsKomeric Troy - Mycenaean fortificationsSeal of Tarkasnawa, King of MiraEastern Gate of Troy VIIEastern Gate of Troy VIITroy - Atena Temple - description in situ

Location:

  • Türkiye, Üvecik
  • geo:39.900234,26.199306
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • 2xx / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Tomb of Festus, a favorite of the Roman emperor Caracalla, a great admirer of Achilles.

See:

  1. http://www.livius.org/to-ts/troy/troy_surroundings.html
  2. Olivier Henry, Ute Kelp, Tumulus as Sema: Space, Politics, Culture and Religion in the First Millennium BC,Walter de Gruyter 2016, p. 173 ff
  3. Charles Brian Rose, The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy, Cambridge University Press 2013, p. 260

Nearby

Cezayirli Hasan Paşa Köşkü (2 km)

Cezayirli Hasan Paşa Köşkü

Yeniköy canal (2 km)

The canal was not a navigable waterway. It is too narrow and lies too high above sea level. Scholars believe it was carved into bedrock to drain the source at Pinarbasi.

Achilleion [Troas] - Besik Tepe (3 km)

Beşike Tepe - Helenistic period tumulus. Besiktepe - Yassi Tepe. Akhileion.


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