Smintheion
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, John Muccigrosso, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Rob Chavez
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Last modified
Apr 06, 2026 11:24 PM
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History
tags:
dare:major=0,
Ionic,
extant remains,
Proconessian marble,
dare:ancient=1,
dare:feature=settlement,
Apollo,
temple
Homer mentions the temple of Apollo Smintheus as the shrine where Chryses was priest. The second-century B.C. remains of an Ionic sanctuary with an adjacent town are located in the southwestern Troad near modern Gülpinar.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550892
39.5362070998, 26.1177414953
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Smintheion (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Gülpınar (Gulpinar: Turkish, modern)
- Smintheion (750 BC - AD 300)
- Smintheion connection Hamaxitos (unspecified date range)
- Smintheion part of (regional) Troas (region) (unspecified date range)
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None
sanctuary (religious center), settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 C2 Smintheion
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Külahlı, Gülpınar
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, John Muccigrosso, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Rob Chavez, 'Smintheion: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550892> [accessed: 20 May 2026]
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