assus

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or Assos Ancient city, southern Troas (now northwestern Turkey). It was founded 900 BC on the Gulf of Edremit, opposite Lesbos. It was long an important city and port. Aristotle taught there 348-345 BC, and it was the birthplace of the philosopher Cleanthes (331?-232? BC). Its ruins now lie in the village of Behramköy