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<p> (Ἄσσος) </p> <p> An ancient Greek city on the Adramyttian Gulf, in the south of the Troad. Originally an aeolic colony, it was re-founded, under the name of Apollonia, by the Pergamenian kings, whose dominions were converted into the [[Roman]] province of Asia in 133 b.c. Its situation was one of the most commanding in all the Greek lands. ‘It is a strong place,’ says Strabo, ‘and well fortified with walls. There is a long and steep ascent from the sea and the harbour.… Cleanthes, the Stoic philosopher, was a native of this place.… Here also [[Aristotle]] resided for some time’ (xiii. i. 58). The walls are still well-preserved, and the harbour mole can be traced by large blocks under the clear water. The summit of the hill was crowned by the [[Doric]] temple of Athene (built <i> c. </i> [Note: . circa, about.]470 b.c.), the panels of which-now mostly in the Louvre-are among the most important remains of ancient Greek articleThe modern town, [[Behram]] Kalessi, is still the chief shipping-place of the southern Troad. </p> <p> On a Sunday afternoon, probably in the spring of a.d. 56, St. Paul, having torn himself away from the Christiana of Troas, walked or rode the 20 miles of Roman highway which connected that city with Assos, first passing along the western side of Mt. Ida, then through the rich Valley of the Tuzla, and finally reaching the Via Sacra, or Street of Tombs, which still extends a great distance to the N.W. of Assos. In the haven he joined his ship, which had meanwhile taken his companions round the long promontory of Lectum (&nbsp;Acts 20:13 ff.). </p> <p> Literature.-J. T. Clarke, <i> [[Assos]] </i> , 2 vols., Boston, 1882 and 1898; C. Fellows, <i> Travels and Researches in Asia Minor </i> , London, 1852; Murray’s <i> Handbook of Asia Minor </i> . </p> <p> James Strahan. </p>

<p> <strong> ASSOS </strong> . A town over half a mile from the [[Gulf]] of [[Adramyttium]] (in Mysia, province of Asia), in a splendid position on a hill about 770 feet high at its highest point. The fortifications are amongst the most excellent of their kind. It passed through various hands before it was from b.c. 334 241 under [[Alexander]] the Great and his successors, and from b.c. 241 133 under the Pergamenian dynasty. At the last date it became Roman (see Asia). It was the birth-place of the Stoic Cleanthes. St. Paul went from [[Troas]] to Assos by the land-route on his last visit to Asia (&nbsp; Acts 20:13 f.). </p> <p> A. Souter. </p>

<p> Seaport in Mysia, in the west of Asia Minor, on the north shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium 20 miles from Troas. &nbsp;Acts 20:13,14 . A glance at a map will show that Paul in walking from Troas to Assos could be there as soon as the ship. The place is now utterly desolate, but with ruins in good preservation, some being of granite. </p>

<p> '''Assos''' (ăs'sŏs). A Greek city of [[Mysia]] in "Asia,"19 miles southeast of Troas, and on the [[Mediterranean]] Sea. Extensive ruins of buildings, citadel, tombs, and a gateway still exist there. Paul visited it. &nbsp;Acts 20:13. </p>

<p> '''As'sos.''' (approaching). A seaport of the Roman province of Asia in the district anciently called Mysia, on the northern shore of the Gulf of Adrn-myttium, and about seven miles from Lesbos. &nbsp;Acts 20:13-14. </p>

<p> A seaport in Mysia, opposite to the island of [[Lesbos]] on the north. Here Paul took ship for Mitylene, &nbsp;Acts 20:13 . It is now a poor village, called Beiram. </p>

<p> As´sos, a town of Lesser Mysia, or of Adramyttium, opposite the island of Lesbos, or Mitylene. Paul came hither on foot from Troas, to meet with his friends, in order to take shipping for [[Mitylene]] (&nbsp;Acts 20:13-14). It is now a miserable village, called Beiram, built high upon the rocks on the side towards the land. </p>