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Thymbra

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
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Last modified Oct 14, 2024 11:20 AM — History
Thymbra was a place in the Troad. It is most famous as the site of the sanctuary known as Thymbraeum, a site sacred to Apollo Thymbraeus. In the Trojan War cycle, this is the place where Achilles reportedly ambushed and killed the Trojan prince Troilus. The nature of the site and its location is debated in the ancient sources. It was said to be located along the Thymbrios River, a tributary of the Scamander. It is referred to as a polis only by Stephanus of Byzantium. Other authors, including Strabo, use the term tópos or pedíon to describe Thymbra. It may be that Thymbra should be associated with an archaeological site south of Akçaköy, at least according to Cook.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550927

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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 C2 Thymbra

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: area of Akça Köy and Hanay Tepe


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C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Thymbra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550927> [accessed: 21 November 2024] 

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