Elaeus

Elaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἐλαιοῦς Elaious, later Ἐλεοῦς Elaeus), the “Olive City”, was an ancient Greek city located in Thrace, on the Thracian Chersonese. Elaeus was located at the southern end of the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles) near the southernmost point of the Thracian Chersonese (now the Gallipoli peninsula) in modern-day Turkey. According to the geographer Scymnus, Elaeus was founded by settlers from Ionian Teos, while the Pseudo-Scymnus writes that it was a colony of Athens and was founded by Phorbas

Elaeus
Ἐλεοῦς
Elaeus and the Hellespont
Shown within Turkey
LocationSeddülbahir, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
RegionThracian Chersonese
Coordinates40°3′35″N 26°13′50″E
TypeSettlement
History
BuilderColonists from Teos
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