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Assos
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Assos (ăs`ŏs) or Assus (–əs), ancient city, Mysia, NW Asia Minor, on the Gulf of Adramyttium E of Point Lectum, westernmost point of Asia.

Assus

 or Assos

Ancient Greek city, southern Troas (now northwestern Turkey). It was founded in the 1st millennium BC on the Gulf of Edremit, opposite the island of Lesbos. It was long an important city and port. Aristotle taught there 348–345 BC, and it was the birthplace of the philosopher Cleanthes (331?–232? BC).
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * ASSOS * Traveling east from Babakale is the striking village of Behramkale perched on a conical-shaped volcanic mound.
North Aegean by Lafferty, Samantha / Turkey Adventure Guide
 
 
 
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