'İda with thousand springs' which is mentioned in Homer's epics.
Hunderds years agou befor Anaximenader from Miletos (who draw the first world map after his long journeys), Homer gave a detailed perspective of the environment. Especially in the narration of Troy and its surroundings, islands, plains, coasts and rivers are described in a great detail. Among these descriptions, especially the "Catalogue of the Rivers" in the 22th episode of the Iliad shows us how the war zone on the Karamenderes plain spread to the east. While Homer describes us all these things, he shows us also how he takes every detail of natural events into the consideration.
Rivers of Troas which are mentioned in the epics. Homer talks about eight rivers in Troas: in the west, Skamendros (Karamenders), Simoeis (Dümrek Rivulet) in the east Aisepos (Gönen Çayı), and five more rivers which are not mentioned in the epic afterwards: Rhesos (Atlıkara Rivulet). Heptaporos (Umurbey Rivulet), Karesos (Gümüş Rivulet), Rhodios (Sarı Rivulet) and Granikos (Kocabaş Rivulet). The researches done by archeologists and philologists showed us that these rivers indeed exist. This situation proves us that the Iliad has a historical essence not only in the sense of the Trojan War but also with regard to geographical knowledge, which is transfered since thousands of years.
