- Percote
Percote was a town or city on the southern (Asian) side of the
Hellespont , to the northeast ofTroy . Percote is mentioned a few times inGreek mythology , where it plays a very minor role each time. It was said to be the home of a notable seer namedMerops , also its ruler. Merops was the father ofArisbe (the first wife of KingPriam , and subsequently wife of KingHyrtacus ),Cleite (wife of KingCyzicus ), and two sons namedAmphius andAdrastus who fought during theTrojan War . As an ally of Troy, Percote sent a contingent to help King Priam during the Trojan War - though this contingent was led not by Merops's sons, but byAsius , son ofHyrtacus , according toHomer 'sIliad . The Meropidae (Amphius and Adrastus) instead lead a contingent from nearbyAdrastea . A nephew of Priam, namedMelanippus , son ofHicetaon , herded cattle (oxen) at Percote, according to Homer.Percote was no longer in existence during the time of
Strabo , and in his "Geography" he mentions that the exact location of Percote on the Hellespont shore is unknown. Strabo also claims that Percote was originally called Percope, and that it was part of theTroad . The inhabitants of Percote (and neighboring places like Arisbe and Adrastea) were apparently neither Trojan or Dardanian, and the origins of the Meropidae and Hyrtacidae are unclear.
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