Troad

Ida Mountain in southern Troad, sacred to inhabitants.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

Ida Mountain in southern Troad, sacred to inhabitants.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

From Pergamum he journeyed inland to cut off the unimportant triangle called the Troad, and emerged on the southern shore of the Propontis Lake near Cyzicus.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

“The Troad is a fine field for conjecture and snipe-shooting, and a good sportsman and an ingenious scholar may exercise their feet and faculties to great advantage upon the spot; ” or, if they prefer riding, lose their way (as I did) in a cursed quagmire of the Scamander, who wriggles about as if the Dardan virgins still offered their wonted tribute.

Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854

The Troad is a fine field for conjecture and snipe-shooting, and a good sportsman and an ingenious scholar may exercise their feet and faculties to great advantage upon the spot; -- or, if they prefer riding, lose their way (as I did) in a cursed quagmire of the

The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

To the Greeks, who laid claim to the Aegean islands and who held a foothold in Anatolia, the Troad was a threat and a temptation, both a dagger pointed at the Greek heart and a bridge to the Hittites’ heartland.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

To the Greeks, who laid claim to the Aegean islands and who held a foothold in Anatolia, the Troad was a threat and a temptation, both a dagger pointed at the Greek heart and a bridge to the Hittites’ heartland.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

Granikus also, for they reached Lampsakus.] [Footnote 358: The Troad is a district, but Plutarch expresses himself as if he meant a town.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Ilion deals with an early phase of what Huntington, borrowing a provocative phrase from Bernard Lewis, has more recently called "the clash of civilizations": Europe and Asia, met on their borders, clashed in the Troad.

Archive 2009-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

Ilion deals with an early phase of what Huntington, borrowing a provocative phrase from Bernard Lewis, has more recently called "the clash of civilizations": Europe and Asia, met on their borders, clashed in the Troad.

World Union vis-à-vis globalization Tusar N Mohapatra 2009