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{{Short description|Ancient Greek city}}
'''Percote''' or '''Perkote''' ({{langx|grc|Περκώτη}}) was a town or city of [[ancient Mysia]] on the southern (Asian) side of the [[Hellespont]], to the northeast of [[Troy]]. Percote is mentioned a few times in [[Greek mythology]], where it plays a very minor role each time.  It was said to be the home of a notable seer named [[Merops (mythology)|Merops]], also its ruler.  Merops was the father of [[Arisbe (daughter of Merops)|Arisbe]] (the first wife of King [[Priam]], and subsequently wife of King [[Hyrtacus]]), [[Cleite]] (wife of King [[Cyzicus]]), and two sons named [[Amphius]] and [[Adrastus]] who fought during the [[Trojan War]]. As an ally of Troy, Percote sent a contingent to help King Priam during the Trojan War - though this contingent was led not by Merops's sons, but by [[Asius (mythology)|Asius]], son of [[Hyrtacus]], according to [[Homer]]'s [[Iliad]], one native from Percote was wounded in the Trojan War by [[Antilochus]], two natives from Percote were killed in the Trojan War by [[Diomedes]] and [[Odysseus|Ulysses]].<ref>{{Cite Iliad|2.835, 11.229}}</ref><ref>Bibliotheca classica: or, A classical dictionary, by John Dymock and Thomas Dymock, 1833.</ref>  The Meropidae (Amphius and Adrastus) instead lead a contingent from nearby [[Adrasteia (Mysia)|Adrastea]].  A nephew of Priam, named [[Melanippus]], son of [[Hicetaon]], herded cattle (oxen) at Percote, according to Homer.

It is mentioned by numerous ancient writers, including [[Herodotus]],<ref>{{Cite Herodotus|5.117}}</ref> [[Arrian]],<ref>[[Arrian]], ''Anab.'' 1.13.</ref> [[Pliny the Elder]],<ref>{{Cite Pliny|5.32}}</ref> [[Apollonius of Rhodes]],<ref>1.932.</ref> [[Stephanus of Byzantium]],<ref>{{Cite Stephanus|''s.v.''}}</ref> and in the ''[[Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax]]''. According to [[Phanias of Eresus]], [[Artaxerxes I of Persia]] had given to [[Themistocles]] the city of Percote with [[bedding]] for his house.<ref>[http://plutarch.classicauthors.net/PlutarchsLives/PlutarchsLives3.html Themistocles, Part II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001032753/http://plutarch.classicauthors.net/PlutarchsLives/PlutarchsLives3.html |date=2015-10-01 }}, by [[Plutarch]]</ref> (see: ''[[Percale]]'')

It was a member of the [[Delian League]].<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/32#259 Athenian Tribute Lists]</ref>

Percote was no longer in existence during the time of [[Strabo]], and in his ''Geography'' he mentions that the exact location of Percote on the Hellespont shore is unknown. Strabo also claims that Percote was originally called Percope, and that it was part of the [[Troad]].<ref>{{Cite Strabo|xiii. p. 590}}</ref> The inhabitants of Percote (and neighboring places like Arisbe and Adrastea) were apparently neither Trojan or Dardanian, and the origins of the Meropidae and Hyrtacidae are unclear.

Its site is located {{convert|4|miles}} east of [[Umurbey, Gemlik|Umurbey]], [[Anatolia|Asiatic Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Cite Barrington|56}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|32384}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of ancient Greek cities]]

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[[Category:Places in the Iliad]]
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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Mysia]]
[[Category:Populated places in ancient Troad]]
[[Category:Members of the Delian League]]