Harpagion (Ancient Greek: Ἁρπάγιον) was a town of the ancient Troad, or of Mysia mentioned by Thucydides.[1] Its territory was called Harpageia (τὰ Ἁρπαγεῖα)[2] or Harpagia (Ἁρπάγια).[3] It lay between Priapus and Cyzicus, near the mouth of the river Granicus. It belonged to the Delian League since it appears in tribute records of Athens between the years 448/7 and 429/8 BCE.[4] Thucydides writes that three days after the Battle of Cynossema, during the Peloponnesian War, the Athenians captured eight ships coming from Byzantium at Harpagion and Priapus.[1]
According to some myths Ganymede was snatched from there.[5][6]
Its site is located in Asiatic Turkey.[7][8]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Harpageia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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