Smintheion
Çanakkale, Ayvacık · Museum
Photo: Özgür Arda BAYRAM · CC BY-SA 4.0
Catalogue label
- Type
- Ancient city
- Kind
- Museum
- Province / district
- Çanakkale / Ayvacık
- Elevation
- 75 m
- Wikidata
- Q65072495
About
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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Location
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