Adrasteia or Adrastea (,

Homeric Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his authorship, Homer is ...

Ἀδρήστεια) was the name of a region, city, and valley of the

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or of

Mysia Mysia (UK , US or ; ; ; ) was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian part of modern Turkey). It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded by Bithynia on the east, Phrygia on the southeast, Lyd ...

, which was watered by the

Granicus River Granicus may refer to: * Granicus River, also called Biga River (Turkish: Biga Çayı) * Battle of the Granicus The Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great of Macedonia (anci ...

. In the eponymous city was an oracle of

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and

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. The temple had been destroyed by the time of

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, and the stones used to build a large altar.

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was a port of the region.

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said that it was named after the ancient king

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, who had founded the first temple there. Adrasteia was one of the cities of the era of the

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; it probably belonged to the realm of

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. Its lords were the two sons of Merope of Percote. Its site is located above the plain of the same name in

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References

Populated places in ancient Troad Populated places in ancient Mysia Former populated places in Turkey Places in the Iliad History of Çanakkale Province {{AncientMysia-geo-stub