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Atarneus
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.094, 26.928
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
History
Atarneus, also known as Atarna (Ἄταρνα) and Atarneites (Ἀταρνείτης), was an ancient Greek city in the region of Aeolis, Asia Minor. It lies on the mainland opposite the island of Lesbos. It was on the road from Adramyttium to the plain of the Caicus. Its territory was called the Atarneitis.