Smintheion

sanctuary · 750 BC – 2100 AD

Homer mentions the temple of Apollo Smintheus as the shrine where Chryses was priest. The second-century B.C. remains of an Ionic sanctuary with an adjacent town are located in the southwestern Troad near modern Gülpinar.

Coordinates

39.53621, 26.11774

Also known as

Gulpinar (tr), Gölpınar, Gülpınar, Gülpınar (tr), Külâhlı

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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