The Rhodius or Rhodios ( grc, Ῥόδιος) was a river of the ancient Troad, having its sources in

Mount Ida In Greek mythology, two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida, the "Mountain of the Goddess": Mount Ida in Crete, and Mount Ida in the ancient Troad region of western Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey), which was also known as the '' Phrygian Ida'' ...

, a little above the town of

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; it flowed in a northwestern direction, and after passing by Astyra and

Cremaste Cremaste or Kremaste ( grc, Κρεμαστή) was a town in ancient Troad. Xenophon speaks of the town and the plain nearby "where there are the gold mines of the Abydeni." Strabo mentions the gold mines of Astyra which town is nearby. Gold mine ...

, discharged itself into the

Hellespont The Dardanelles (; tr, Çanakkale Boğazı, lit=Strait of Çanakkale, el, Δαρδανέλλια, translit=Dardanéllia), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli from the Gallipoli peninsula or from Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont ( ...

between Dardanus and Abydus. Strabo states that some regarded the Rhodius as a tributary of the

Aesepus In Greek mythology, Aesepus (Ancient Greek: Αἴσηπος) may refer to: *Aesepus, one of the Potamoi, river-god sons of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. He was the divine personification of the river and nearby town of Aesepus ...

; but they must have been mistaken, as the river is mentioned on the coins of Dardanus.

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic ...

states that this ancient river no longer existed in his time; and some modern writers identify it with the Pydius mentioned by

Thucydides Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His '' History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of " scient ...

. Strabo also writes that the towns of Cleandria and Gordus were located on this river.

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Troad Rivers of Turkey Locations in the Iliad Ancient Greek geography {{Turkey-river-stub