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Troad

American  
[troh-ad] / ˈtroʊ æd /

noun

  1. The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.


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Visitors to the Troad can, however, still see part of it in the northwest earth-wall opposite the Scæan Gate.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

De Witte publishes coins of Alexandria, the more ancient Hamaxitus, in the Troad.

From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew

Hector was afterwards worshipped in the Troad by the Boeotian tribe Gephyraei, who offered sacrifices at his grave.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

His father spent a sum of nearly £40,000 in supplementing an imperial grant for the supply of water to the Troad.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Telephus was a King of Mysia, not very far from the Troad.

From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert