Cynossema ( and Cynosemon (Κυνόσημον),Suda, kappa, 2723 meaning Dog's Tomb, was a promontory on the eastern coast of the Thracian Chersonesus, near the town of Madytus. It was near the modern town of Kilidülbahir.Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Ed., note 89
According to the legend it took its name ("Dog's Tomb") from the fact that Hecuba was changed into a dog and her tomb was there.
The naval Battle of Cynossema took place there in 411 BC during the Peloponnesian War.Brill online, Cynossema
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