Cynossema ( grc, Κυνὸς σῆμα and Κυνόσσημα) and Cynosemon (Κυνόσημον), meaning Dog's Tomb, was a

promontory A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...

on the eastern coast of the Thracian Chersonesus, near the town of

Madytus Madytus or Madytos ( grc, Μάδυτος) was a Greek city and port of ancient Thrace, located in the region of the Thracian Chersonesos, nearly opposite to Abydos. The city was a colony of the Aeolians from Lesbos who, according to the ancient a ...

. It was near the modern town of Kilidülbahir. According to the legend it took its name ("Dog's Tomb") from the fact that Hecuba was changed into a dog and her tomb was there. The naval Battle of Cynossema took place there in 411 BC during the

Peloponnesian War The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world. The war remained undecided for a long time until the decisive intervention of th ...

.Brill online, Cynossema
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