SIMOIS
SIMOIS (
Σιμόεις), a small river of Troas, having its source in Mount Ida, or more accurately in Mount
[p. 2.1002]Cotylus, which passed by Ilion, joined the Scamander below that city.
This river is frequently spoken of in the Iliad, and described as a rapid mountain torrent. (
Il. 4.475,
5.774,
12.22,
21.308; comp. Aeschyl.
Agam. 692;
Strab. xiii. p.597;
Ptol. 5.2.3;
Steph. B. sub voce Pomp. Mela, i, 18;
Plin. Nat. 5.33; and
SCAMANDER) Its present name is
Dumbreak Chai, and at present its course is so altered that it is no longer a tributary of the Scamander, but flows directly into the Hellespont.
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