A city in southeast of Troy.
During the Trojan War, Dardanian1 commander Aineias was seriously injured and unable to escape the relentless attacks of the Achaian commander Diomedes. To save Aineias from certain death, the god Apollon replaced Aineias with a doppelganger2 and whisked the real Aineias to Pergamon. Apollon's mother and sister, Leto and Artemis, tended to Aineias' injuries in a secret chamber at Apollon's temple at Pergamon.
There is a distinct difference between Pergamon and Pergamos. Pergamon was a city approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers ) southeast of Troy. Pergamos was the citadel of Troy.
1. Dardanians—an older but recurrent name for the Trojans derived from King Dardanos, from whom all Trojan kings were descended.
2. Doppelganger—a double, artificial copy or mirror image.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 5, line 446 |