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Antandrus
Found in: Ancient Greek sites in Turkey
Antandrus was a Greek colony on the north side of the Adramyttian Gulf in the Troad region of Anatolia, near the modern village of Avcilar in Turkey. It was founded in the 5th century BC by Aeolians from Mytilene. During the Peloponnesian War and the Corinthian War, it became a military objective in the region. It was used as a naval base, and changed hands on several occasions.
References
The Archaelogical Atlas of the Aegean, University of Athens. "Avcilar / Antandrus (Antadros)"
Thucydides; The Peloponnesian War. London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton. 1910.This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Antandrus