Cynossema (Ancient Greek: Κυνὸς σῆμα and Κυνόσσημα)[1] and Cynosemon (Κυνόσημον),[2] meaning Dog's Tomb, was a promontory on the eastern coast of the Thracian Chersonesus, near the town of Madytus. It was near the modern town of Kilidülbahir.[3]

According to the legend it took its name ("Dog's Tomb") from the fact that Hecuba was changed into a dog and her tomb was there.[4]

The naval Battle of Cynossema took place there in 411 BC during the Peloponnesian War.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Cynossēma". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  2. ^ Suda, kappa, 2723
  3. ^ Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Ed., note 89
  4. ^ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CYNOSSEMA". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  5. ^ Brill online, Cynossema
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