Sestos
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Sestos (, ) was an ancient city in Thrace. It was located at the Thracian Chersonese peninsula on the European coast of the Hellespont, opposite the ancient city of Abydos, and near the town of Eceabat in Turkey.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Sestos
- Ancient site.native_name
- Σηστός
- Ancient site.image
- Thracian Chersonese.svg
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey Marmara
- Ancient site.map_size
- 300
- Ancient site.location
- Akbaş Kalesi, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Thrace
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.built
- c. 600 BC
- Ancient site.public_access
- Restricted
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Çanakkale Province
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Thracian chersonese.png
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- located in/on physical feature
- Marmara Region
- Commons category
- Sestos
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- culture
- Ancient Greece
- native label
- Σηστός
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Classical period
- Hellenistic period
- Roman period
- Medieval period
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Sestos (, ) was an ancient city in Thrace. It was located at the Thracian Chersonese peninsula on the European coast of the Hellespont, opposite the ancient city of Abydos, and near the town of Eceabat in Turkey.
In Greek mythology, Sestos is presented in the myth of Hero and Leander as the home of Hero.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sestos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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