Achilleion

Achilleion (Ancient Greek Ἀχίλλειον, Achilleion) was a Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia. It has been located on a promontory known as Beşika Burnu ('cradle promontory') about 8 km south of Sigeion. Beşika Burnu is 2 km south of the modern village of Yeniköy in the Ezine district of Çanakkale province, Turkey. The site considered in Classical Antiquity to be the tomb of Achilles is a short distance inland at a tumulus known as Beşiktepe. Achilleion in the Troad is not to be confused with Achilleion near Smyrna and Achilleion in the territory of Tanagra. The otherwise obscure polis of Achilleion was most famous in Classical Antiquity for its association with Achilles, after whom it was named ('the place of...