Troad

Troad
Ancient region of Anatolia
Part of the walls of Troy
Part of the walls of Troy
LocationNorthwestern Anatolia, Turkey
Historical capitalTroy
(modern-day Hisarlik, Çanakkale, Turkey)
Roman provinceAsia
A map of the Troad (Troas).
Troas among the classical regions of Anatolia.

The Troad (/ˈtrˌæd/ or /ˈtrəd/; Greek: Τρωάδα, Troáda) or Troas (/ˈtrəs/; Ancient Greek: Τρῳάς, Trōiás or Τρωϊάς, Trōïás) is a historical region in northwestern Anatolia. It corresponds with the Biga Peninsula (Turkish: Biga Yarımadası) in the Çanakkale province of modern Turkey. Bounded by the Dardanelles to the northwest, by the Aegean Sea to the west and separated from the rest of Anatolia by the massif that forms Mount Ida, the Troad is drained by two main rivers, the Scamander (Karamenderes) and the Simois, which join at the area containing the ruins of Troy.

Mount Ida, called by Homer "many-fountain" (πολυπίδαξ), sourced several rivers, including Rhesos, Heptaporos, Caresus, Rhodios, Granicus (Granikos), Aesepus, Skamandros and Simoeis;[1] these rivers were deified as a source of life by the Greeks, who depicted them on their coins as river-gods reclining by a stream and holding a reed.

  1. ^ Iliad 12.18 ff