Paeon or Paion ( grc, Παιών) was an

ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

city located in ancient Thrace, on the west coast of the

Thracian Chersonesus The Gallipoli peninsula (; tr, Gelibolu Yarımadası; grc, Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles st ...

. It is cited in the '' Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'', in the third position of its recitation of the towns of the Thracian Chersonesus, along with

Cardia The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The stomach has a dilated structure and functions as a vital organ in the digestive system. The stomach is ...

, Ide, Paeon, Alopeconnesus,

Araplus Araplus or Araplos ( grc, Ἄραπλος) was an ancient Greek city located in ancient Thrace, located in the region of the Thracian Chersonesus. It is cited in the ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'', in the fifth position of its recitation of the towns ...

, Elaeus and

Sestos Sestos ( el, Σηστός, la, Sestus) was an ancient city in Thrace. It was located at the Thracian Chersonese peninsula on the European coast of the Hellespont, opposite the ancient city of Abydos, and near the town of Eceabat in Turkey. In ...

. Its site is tentatively located near

Ece Liman Ece () is a Turkish word meaning queen and may refer to: * Umay, also known as Ece, the Turkic earth goddess Given names * Ece Ayhan Çağlar (1931–2002), Turkish poet * Ece Ege (born 1963), Turkish fashion designer * Ece Erken (born 1978), Tur ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

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Populated places in ancient Thrace Former populated places in Turkey Greek colonies in the Thracian Chersonese History of Çanakkale Province {{Çanakkale-geo-stub

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