PERCOTE (city in Troad)
Ancient city of Troas in modern-day Turkey
- Kind of place
- City
- Region
- Troad
- Where
- 40.27° N, 26.59° E
Percote was located along the coast near the sandy beach of Abarnis. Argonautica 1 ¶104 Iphidamas left his twelve ships at this location before traveling overland to Ilius. Iliad 11 ¶16 Percote was inhabited during the Trojan times. Strabo 13.1.20
Described in the sources
The people of Percote were led by Asius, son of Hyrtacus, and the district was divided into bodies governed by him and the Meropidae. Iliad 2 ¶73 +2 Percote is located near Abydos, Lampsacus, and Parium. Pliny, Nat. Hist. 5.40 ¶1 +1 The name Percote was changed from Percope. Strabo 13.1.20 Percote is the home city of the warrior Pidytes. Iliad 6 ¶5 Writers disagree about the exact location of Percote. Strabo 13.1.20 Percote was part of the Troad region according to the passage. Strabo 13.1.7 part 2 Percote was located in the region between the Aesepus river and Abydos. Strabo 13.1.7 part 2 Percote was situated in the region alongside Sestos, Abydos, and Arisbe. Iliad 2 ¶73 Melanippus used to graze his cattle herds in this location before the war started. Iliad 15 ¶43
Stories and history
Daurises captured the city in a single day. Herodotus 5.117.1 Melanippus, son of Hicetaon, tended oxen in the pastures at Percote. Strabo 13.1.7 part 2