PERCO´TE
PERCO´TE (
Περκώτη: Eth.
Περκώσιος), an ancient town of Mysia, on the Hellespont, between Abydos and Lampsacus, and probably on the little river Percotes. (
Hom. Il. 2.835,
11.229; Xenoph.
Hellen. 5.1.23.) Percote continued to exist long after the Trojan War, as it is spoken of by Herodotus (
5.117), Scylax (p. 35), Apollonius Rhodius (1.932), Arrian (
Arr. Anab. 1.13), Pliny (
5.32), and Stephanus Byz. (s. v.). Some writers mention it among the towns assigned to Themistocles by the king of Persia. (
Plut. Them. 30;
Athen. 1.29.)
According to Strabo (
xiii. p.590) its ancient name had been Percope. Modern travellers are unanimous in identifying its site with
Bergaz or
Bergan, a small Turkish town on the left bank of a small river, situated on a sloping hill in a charming district. (Sibthorpe's
Journal, in Walpole's
Turkey, i. p. 91; Richter,
Wallfahrten, p. 434.)
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