Pedasus (Mysia)

Pedasus or Pedasos (Ancient Greek: Πήδασος), also known as Pedasa (Πήδασα),[1] was a small town of ancient Mysia, on the river Satnioeis. It is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad,[2] but was deserted in the time of Strabo.[3] Strabo (p. 584) mentions it among the towns of the Leleges, which were destroyed by Achilles.[4] Pliny the Elder imagines that Pedasus was the same place as that which subsequently bore the name of Adramyttium; but as Homer distinctly places it on the river Satnioeis, the supposition is impossible.[5]

Its site is unlocated.[6]

References
  1. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. Homer. Iliad. Vol. 6.35, 20.92, 21.87.
  3. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. p. 605. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. p. 605. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  5. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.32.
  6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pedasus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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