Troas , also Troad called , the country of Troy , ancient area mainly defined by the northwest projection Asia Minor (modern Turkey ) into the Aegean . It extended from the Gulf of Edremit (ancient Adramyttion) in the south to the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles north and from Ida- Mountains and their northern foothills in the east to the Aegean Sea in the west. In the southeast corner is Mount Ida (modern Kaz Mountain), which rises to an elevation of 1,774 meters. The eastern and southern regions are rugged and partially forested. Fed by springs in the Ida Mountains, the Scamander (Küçükmenderes Çayı) has cut through the hills into the plain to the northwest and empties into the Aegean just before the Hellespont into the Hellespont.
Britannica Quiz The Middle East:Fact or Fiction? Is the literacy rate in Afghanistan very high? Does Yemen take its name from the Arabic word "northern"? Sort the facts in this quiz about Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries. In addition to Troy (later called Ilion), there were a number of smaller Greek cities in Troas, including Sigeum and Alexandria Troas ( from where St. Paul the ship to Macedonia took ) on the west coast. Assus on the south coast; and Neandria, Scepsis, Palaiscepsis, and Cebrene inside.