PRA´CTIUS
PRA´CTIUS [
Πράκτιος), a small river in the north of Troas, flowing from Mount Ida, and discharging itself into the Hellespont a little below Percote. (
Hom. Il. 2.835;
Strab. xiii. p.590; Arrian,
Arr. Anab. 1.12.6.) Some identify it with the modern
Borgas, and others with the
Muskakoi-Su. [
L.S]