Harpagion (Ancient Greek:Ἁρπάγιον) was a town of theancient Troad, or ofMysia mentioned byThucydides.[1] Its territory was calledHarpageia (τὰ Ἁρπαγεῖα)[2] orHarpagia (Ἁρπάγια).[3] It lay betweenPriapus andCyzicus, near the mouth of the riverGranicus. It belonged to theDelian League since it appears in tribute records ofAthens between the years 448/7 and 429/8 BCE.[4] Thucydides writes that three days after theBattle of Cynossema, during thePeloponnesian War, the Athenians captured eight ships coming fromByzantium at Harpagion and Priapus.[1]
According to some mythsGanymede was snatched from there.[5][6]
Its site is located inAsiatic Turkey.[7][8]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Harpageia".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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