A northern province allied with Troy.
During the Trojan War, Akamas and Peiroos commanded an undisclosed number of Trojan allies from Thrace within the bounds of the Hellespont.1
King Rhesos, a newly arrived Thracian ally, camped on the battlefield with his soldiers and magnificent chariot team. The Achaian (Achaean) commanders Odysseus and Diomedes entered the camp unseen, killed Rhesos, twelve of his companions, and stole Rhesos' horses.
1. Hellespont (Helle's Sea)—now associated with the Dardanelles, the narrow body of water separating Europe and Asia. The Hellespont of antiquity was undoubtably much larger and probably included the Propontis and a large portion of the northern Aigean (Aegean) Sea.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 9, lines 5, 72 book 11, line 222 book 13, line 301 book 20, line 485 |