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Scepsis
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Scepsis or Skepsis () was an ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor that is at the present site of the village of Kurşunlutepe, near the town of Bayramiç in Turkey. The settlement is notable for being the location where the famous library of Aristotle was kept before being moved to Pergamum and Alexandria. It was also home to Metrodorus of Scepsis and Demetrius of Scepsis.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey, Archaeological sites in the Marmara region and Catholic titular sees in Asia.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Scepsis
- Ancient site.native_name
- Σκῆψις or Σκέψις
- Ancient site.image
- Scepsis 2009.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- View of the village of Kurşuntepe from the highest point of the site of ancient Scepsis.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.map_size
- 275
- Ancient site.location
- Kurşuntepe, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Troad
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Palea-Scepsis
- Scepsis
- Notable people
- Notes and references
- External links
Scepsis or Skepsis () was an ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor that is at the present site of the village of Kurşunlutepe, near the town of Bayramiç in Turkey. The settlement is notable for being the location where the famous library of Aristotle was kept before being moved to Pergamum and Alexandria. It was also home to Metrodorus of Scepsis and Demetrius of Scepsis.
==History== The city of Scepsis was situated in two different, non-contemporary sites on Mount Ida, Palea-Scepsis and the settlement of Scepsis proper. Strabo writes that Anaximenes of Lampsacus said that Miletus colonized the place.
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2 mapped locations