Cities

Lampsacus

Western Asia

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Geography Atlas. "Lampsacus." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lampsacus.

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Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Lampsacus. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lampsacus

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@misc{geographyatlas-lampsacus,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Lampsacus},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/lampsacus},
  note = {Accessed September 6, 2026}
}

Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Hellespont in the northern Troad, in what is now Turkey. An inhabitant of the city was called a Lampsacene, and its name survives in the nearby modern town of Lapseki.

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