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Pityeia

A city on the Hellespont.1

  During the Trojan War, Adrestos (Adrastus) and his brother Amphios (Amphius) commanded an undisclosed number of Trojan soldiers from Pityeia, Adrasteia, Paisos (Apaisos), and Tereia. Trojan King Priam's kingdom included the territories of the Hellespont. Inhabitants of Pityeia were considered to be Trojans.

1. Hellespont (Helle's Sea)—now associated with the Dardanelles, the narrow body of water separating Europe and Asia. The Hellespont of antiquity was undoubtably much larger and probably included the Propontis and a large portion of the northern Aigean (Aegean) Sea.

Pityeia

References:
Homer, Iliad book 2, line 829
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