Neonteichos

{{Short description|Ancient Greek town in modern Turkey}}

{{for|the town of ancient Thrace|Neonteichos (Thrace)}}

Neonteichos ({{langx|grc|Νέον τεῖχος}}, lit. 'new wall'), was an Aeolian town not far from the coast of Mysia, situated between the Hermus and the town of Larissa, from which its distance was only 30 stadia.{{cite book |title= Notes and Queries |volume= 19 |publisher= S. C. & L. M. Gould |year= 1901 |page= 4}} It is said to have been founded by the Aeolians, as a temporary fort on their first arrival in Asia Minor. According to Strabo,xiii. p.621 the place was more ancient even than Cyme; but according to a statement in the Vita Homeri(100.10) it was built eight years later than Cyme, as a protection against the Pelasgians of Larissa.{{Cite Pliny|5.32}}{{Cite Herodotus|1.149}}Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax; {{Cite Stephanus|s.v.}}{{cite book |title= The Journal of Hellenic Studies |volume= 2 |author= Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England) |publisher= Council of the Society |year= 1881 |page= 284}}

Its site is tentatively located near Yanıkköy, Asiatic Turkey.{{Cite Barrington|56}}{{Cite DARE|29115}}