Assos

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Assos was an <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greece/PTVBrWXq">ancient Greek</a> city near today's Behramkale (pronounced [behˈɾamkale]) or Behram for short, which most people still call by its ancient name of Assos. It is located on the <a href="/facts/Aegean_Sea/Vx4Gg5CT">Aegean</a> coast in the <a href="/facts/Ayvac%25C4%25B1k%2c_%25C3%2587anakkale/7E2DlLSg">Ayvacık</a> district of <a href="/facts/%25C3%2587anakkale_Province/YlGuRLJy">Çanakkale province</a>, <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey</a>. It is on the southern side of <a href="/facts/Troad/c0pMrfJA">Biga Peninsula</a> (better known by its ancient name of the <a href="/facts/Troad/c0pMrfJA">Troad</a>). Assos sits on the coast of the Adramyttian Gulf (Turkish: <a href="/facts/Edremit_(District)%2c_Bal%25C4%25B1kesir/3To4nn0z">Edremit</a> Körfezi) and used to offer the only good harbour along the 80 kilometres (50 mi) of coast which made it very important for shipping in the Troad.
During <a href="/facts/Pliny_the_Elder/grx67ghR">Pliny the Elder</a>'s lifetime (1st century AD), the city was also known as Apollonia (Ἀπολλωνία).
Assos' most famous resident was the Greek philosopher <a href="/facts/Aristotle/U2bDlBFW">Aristotle</a>. Assos is also the birthplace of <a href="/facts/Cleanthes/J7dg9K1U">Cleanthes</a>, who later was to succeed <a href="/facts/Zeno_of_Citium/bKBmbPTk">Zeno of Citium</a> as head of the <a href="/facts/Stoicism/hQu81X5x">Stoic</a> school of philosophy. The <a href="/facts/Acts_of_the_Apostles/u0QzNmpd">Acts of the Apostles</a> also refers to visits to the city by <a href="/facts/Luke_the_Evangelist/6wFIkqtC">Luke the Evangelist</a> and <a href="/facts/Paul_the_Apostle/mIAFgUw7">Paul the Apostle</a>.
Today, Assos is a holiday retreat amid ancient ruins. In 2017 it was inscribed on the <a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Turkey_(Tentative_list)/8d81cW01">Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey</a>.

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