in Ancient Geography, an island on the coast of Troas, at the distance of forty stadia from the continent, and eighty in compass; with a cognominal Trojan town, and a temple of Apollo Sintheus. Its origin is derived from Tennes or Tenes, who being exposed in a coffer or barge by his father Cygnus the Thracian, at the instigation of the mother-in-law, was by fate carried to this island, made king of it, and at length worshipped as a god on account of his virtues.