Cynossema Explained

Cynossema (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κυνὸς σῆμα and Κυνόσσημα)^[1] and Cynosemon (Κυνόσημον),^[2] meaning Dog's Tomb, was a promontory on the eastern coast of the Thracian Chersonesus, near the town of Madytus. It was near the modern town of Kilidülbahir.^[3]

According to the legend it took its name ("Dog's Tomb") from the fact that Hecuba was changed into a dog and her tomb was there.^[4]

The naval Battle of Cynossema took place there in 411 BC during the Peloponnesian War.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Cynossēma . 2023-10-06 . www.perseus.tufts.edu.
2. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2723 Suda, kappa, 2723
3. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.%20Nat.%204.18&lang=original#note89 Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Ed., note 89
4. Web site: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CYNOSSEMA . 2023-10-06 . www.perseus.tufts.edu.
5. https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/cynossema-e626170 Brill online, Cynossema