Cenchreae
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.964, 26.629
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Troas in modern-day Turkey
History
Cenchreae or Kenchreai was a city of the ancient Troad. According to Stephanus of Byzantium, the city was that "in which Homer lived while he was inquiring of the things that concerned the Trees.". Another tradition, of no more value, makes it the birthplace of Homer.