Ἁμαξιτός | |
  Shown within Turkey | |
| Location | Gülpınar, Çanakkale Province, Turkey |
|---|---|
| Region | Troad |
| Coordinates | 39°32′18″N 26°5′35″E / 39.53833°N 26.09306°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Builder | Colonists from Mytilene |
| Founded | Possibly during the 8th or 7th centuries BC |
| Abandoned | Possibly after the 7th or 8th century AD |
Hamaxitus (Ancient Greek: Ἁμαξιτός, romanized: Hamaxitos) was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia which was considered to mark the boundary between the Troad and Aeolis.[1] Its surrounding territory was known in Greek as Ἁμαξιτία (Hamaxitia),[2] and included the temple of Apollo Smintheus, the salt pans at Tragasai, and the Satnioeis river (modern Tuzla Çay).[3] It was probably an Aeolian colony.[4] It has been located on a rise called Beşiktepe near the village of Gülpınar (previously Külahlı) in the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale Province, Turkey.[5]
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.124.
- ^ Strabo 10.3.21.
- ^ See below, History. The plain around the salt pans at Tragasai was known in Classical Antiquity as Ἁλήσιον πεδίον (Halesion pedion), 'the salt plain'.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Hamaxitus
- ^ Cook (1973) 231.