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Paesus (Paisos), an ancient town on the coast of Troas, at the entrance
of the Propontis, between Lampsacus and Parium. (Hom. Il. ii. 828, v. 612; Herod,
v. 117.) At one period it received colonists from Miletus.; but in Strabo's time
(xiii. p. 589) the town was destroyed, and its inhabitants had transferred themselves
to Lampsacus, which was likewise a Milesian colony. The town derived its name
from the small river Paesus, on which it was situated, and now bears the name
Beiram-Dere.
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