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Ainos [Enez] Castle

Location:

  • Türkiye, Enez
  • geo:40.729328,26.0889
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Period or year:

  • -1200~ / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • invisible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Ancient Ainos iis located to the south of the mouth of the Hebrus River (modern name Meriç). The city was formerly called Poltyobria, after Poltys, the legendary king of Thrace. In ancient sources, in Iliad is listed as Aenus1.

See:

  1. Eduard Meyer: Aioles. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). I,  Stuttgart 1893
  2. Herodotus, VII, 58
  3. Homer, IliadIV. 520

References

  1. even Peiros, son of Imbrasus, that had come from Aenus


Nearby

Ainos [Enez] Castle

Ainos [Enez] Castle

Ainos, Su Terazisi necropolis

Ainos’ isthmus: Su Terazisi necropolis.

Ainos, Taşaltı necropolis

Necropolis of Ainos.


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