A cliff-side city on the Satnioeis River.
During the Trojan War, Pedasos rose above the Satnioeis River on the southern Troad.1 The proximity of Pedasos to the Achaian (Achaean) encampment prompted Achilles to raid Pedasos and the nearby city of Lyrnessos (Lyrnessus). On one such raid, Achilles encountered the Dardanian2 commander Aineias (Aeneas) and stole his cattle.
Altes, lord of the Leleges, ruled Pedasos when Trojan King Priam took Altes' daughter Laothoe as his consort. She and Priam had two sons—Lykaon (Lycaon) and Polydoros (Polydorus)—both were killed by Achilles. Another resident of Pedasos named Elatos (Elatus) was killed by Agamemnon, commander-in-chief of the Achaian army.
1. Troad—the extensive area surrounding Troy.
2. Dardanians—an older but recurrent name for the Trojans derived from King Dardanos, from whom all Trojan kings were descended.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 6, line 35; book 20, line 92; book 21, line 87 |