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Scepsis
Sign in to saveScepsis or Skepsis () was an ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor that is at the present site of the village of Kurşunlutepe, near the town of Bayramiç in Turkey. The settlement is notable for being the location where the famous library of Aristotle was kept before being moved to Pergamum and Alexandria. It was also home to Metrodorus of Scepsis and Demetrius of Scepsis.
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- Ancient site.name
- Scepsis
- Ancient site.native_name
- Σκῆψις or Σκέψις
- Ancient site.image
- Scepsis 2009.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- View of the village of Kurşuntepe from the highest point of the site of ancient Scepsis.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.map_size
- 275
- Ancient site.location
- Kurşuntepe, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Troad
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
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Scepsis or Skepsis () was an ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor that is at the present site of the village of Kurşunlutepe, near the town of Bayramiç in Turkey. The settlement is notable for being the location where the famous library of Aristotle was kept before being moved to Pergamum and Alexandria. It was also home to Metrodorus of Scepsis and Demetrius of Scepsis.
==History== The city of Scepsis was situated in two different, non-contemporary sites on Mount Ida, Palea-Scepsis and the settlement of Scepsis proper. Strabo writes that Anaximenes of Lampsacus said that Miletus colonized the place.
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Ancient Greek archaeological sites in TurkeyArchaeological sites in the Marmara regionCatholic titular sees in AsiaCities in ancient TroadFormer populated places in TurkeyGeography of Çanakkale ProvinceHistory of Çanakkale ProvincePopulated places in ancient MysiaPopulated places in ancient TroadTourist attractions in Çanakkale Province