Cynossema

Cynossema ({{langx|grc|Κυνὸς σῆμα and Κυνόσσημα)}}{{Cite web |title=Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Cynossēma |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=Cynossema |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}} and Cynosemon (Κυνόσημον),[https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2723 Suda, kappa, 2723] meaning Dog's Tomb, was a promontory on the eastern coast of the Thracian Chersonesus, near the town of Madytus. It was near the modern town of Kilidülbahir.[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.%20Nat.%204.18&lang=original#note89 Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Ed., note 89]

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.{{Cite web |title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CYNOSSEMA |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=cynossema-geo |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}

The naval Battle of Cynossema took place there in 411 BC during the Peloponnesian War.[https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/cynossema-e626170 Brill online, Cynossema]