Ophryneion - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Ophryneion - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Ophryneion or Ophrynium () was an ancient Greek city in the northern Troad region of Anatolia. Its territory was bounded to the west by Rhoiteion and to the east by Dardanus. It was located about 1.5 km north-east of the village of İntepe (previously known as Erenköy) in Çanakkale Province, Turkey.Cook (1973) 72–7 with Fig. 3. The city was situated on the steep brow of a hill overlooking the Dardanelles, hence the origin of its Ancient Greek name (ophrus), meaning 'brow of a hill', 'crag'.The usage of in Greek is the same as that of 'brow' in English, where it denotes both the physionomic feature and, by virtue of the likeness, the geographical feature: LSJ s.v. A.2.II. Read more on Wikipedia
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