COELOS
COELOS,
COELA, COELIA, or CELA (
Κοιλὸς λιμήν, Κοῖλα, Κοιλία), a port-town in the Thracian Chersonesus on the Hellespont, near which the Spartans were defeated by the Athenians, and where the latter erected a trophy by the side of the tomb of Hecuba. (Mela, 2.2. 7;
Plin. Nat. 4.18,
Ptol. 3.12.4; Nicet. v. p. 81; Anna Comn. xiv. p. 429;
Amm. Marc. 22.8; Hierocl. p. 634.)
There still exist coins of the town of Coelos, respecting which see Eckhel, vol. ii. p. 50. Its modern name is
Kilidbahr. [
L.S]