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| Location | Babadere, Çanakkale Province, Turkey |
|---|---|
| Region | Troad |
| Coordinates | 39°36′55″N 26°8′43″E / 39.61528°N 26.14528°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Periods | Early Bronze Age to Hellenistic period |
Larissa (Ancient Greek: Λάρισσα, romanized: Larissa), was an ancient Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. Its surrounding territory was known in Greek as the Λαρισσαῖα (Larissaia).[1] It has been located on a small rise by the coast now known as Limantepe, about 3.5 km from the village of Kösedere to the north-east and 3 km from the village of Babadere to the east, in the Ayvacık district of Çanakkale province, Turkey.[2] As with other Greek toponyms containing the consonantal string -ss-, spellings that drop one 's' exist alongside those that retain both in the ancient literary sources. Larisa in the Troad should not be confused with 'Aeolian' Larissa, near Menemen, or with 'Ionian' Larissa in İzmir province.[3]
- ^ Strabo 13.1.48.
- ^ Robert (1951) 36-68, Cook (1973) 218-21, Akalın (1991) 65.
- ^ The number of places named Laris(s)a was remarked upon in Classical Antiquity: Strabo 9.5.19, 13.2.3, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.123, Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Λάρισαι πόλεις ι´. RE XII (1925) s.v. Λάρισα coll. 840-73 lists 15 places known as Laris(s)a.