Cestria or Kestria ( grc, Κεστρία), also known as Ilium or Ilion (Ἴλιον), or Troja (Τροΐα), was a town in
ancient Epirus. Its district was called Cestrine or Kestrine (Κεστρίνη) and Kestrinia (Κεστρινία), and was located in
Chaonia, separated from
Thesprotia by the river
Thyamis. It is said to have received its name from
Cestrinus In Greek mythology, Cestrinus (Ancient Greek: Κεστρῖνος means ''"pieces of the fish"'') was the only son of Helenus and Andromache.
Mythology
According to Pausanias, Cestrinus was upset when Andromache's son Molossus succeeded Helenus ...
, son of
Helenus and
Andromache, having been previously called Cammania or Kammania (Καμμανία). The principal town of the district was Cestria, but its more usual name appears to have been Ilium or Troja, in memory of the Trojan colony of Helenus. In the neighbourhood are those fertile pastures, which were celebrated in ancient times for the Cestrinic oxen. The inhabitants of the district were called Κεστρηνοί by the poet
Rhianus
Rhianus ( Greek: Ῥιανὸς ὁ Κρής) was a Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Crete, friend and contemporary of Eratosthenes (275–195 BC).
Biography
The ''Suda'' says he was at first a slave and overseer of a palaestra, but o ...
.
The city is located near the modern
Filiates,
Greece.
References
Populated places in ancient Epirus
Former populated places in the Balkans
Chaonia
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