Tĕnĕdos

, a small and fertile island of the Ægean sea, opposite Troy, at the distance of about 12 miles from Sigæum, and 56 miles north from Lesbos. It was anciently called Leucophrys , till Tenes the son of Cycnus settled there and built a town, which he called Tenedos, from which the whole island received its name. It became famous during the Trojan war, as it was there that the Greeks concealed themselves, the more effectually to make the Trojans believe that they were returned home without finishing the siege. Homer , Ody ey , bk. 3 , li. 59 .— Diodorus , bk. 5 .— Strabo , bk. 13 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 2 , li. 21.— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 1 , li. 540 ; bk. 12 , li. 109 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 7 .