Editing Tenedos (section)

===Antiquity<!--'Ancient Tenedos' redirects here-->===
[[File:Troas.svg|thumb|350px|right|Tenedos next to ancient [[Troy]], with [[Imbros]] to the north and [[Lesbos]] to the south|alt=Map of Tenedos, a small island next to Troy and the larger Lesbos]]

Ancient Tenedos is referred to in Greek and Roman mythology, and archaeologists have uncovered evidence of its settlement from the Bronze Age. It would stay prominent through the age of classical Greece, fading by the time of the dominance of [[ancient Rome]]. Although a small island, Tenedos's position in the straits and its two harbors made it important to the [[Mediterranean]] powers over the centuries. For nine months of the year, the currents and the prevailing wind, the [[etesian]], came, and still come, from the [[Black Sea]] hampering sailing vessels headed for Constantinople. They had to wait a week or more at Tenedos, waiting for the favorable southerly wind. Tenedos thus served as a shelter and way station for ships bound for the [[Hellespont]], [[Propontis]], [[Bosphorus]], and places farther on. Several of the regional powers captured or attacked the island, including the [[Athenians]], the Persians, the [[Ancient Macedonians|Macedonians]] under [[Alexander the Great]], the [[Seleucids]] and the [[Attalids]].{{sfn|Barnes|2006|ps=}}