Smintheion
Cité antique · Turquie
- Abandonné
- inconnu
- Fondé
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordonnées
- 39.536, 26.118
Pourquoi abandonné
🏛️ Ruines antiques
Détecté automatiquement d’après le texte : ancient city of Troas in modern-day Turkey
Histoire
Smintheion or Smintheum was a town in ancient Troad, near Chryse, which contained a noted sanctuary of Apollo mentioned by Homer. The sanctuary was dedicated to Apollo Smintheus, a byname of Apollo associated with mice and rats. Here, Apollo was worshiped as the protector against a plague of mice that held the region in its grip at one point.
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