Percote was a town or city on the southern (Asian) side of the
Hellespont, to the northeast of
Troy. Percote is mentioned a few times in
Greek mythology, where it plays a very minor role each time. It was said to be the home of a notable seer named
Merops, also its ruler. Merops was the father of
Arisbe (the first wife of King
Priam, and subsequently wife of King
Hyrtacus),
Cleite (wife of King
Cyzicus), and two sons named
Amphius and
Adrastus who fought during the
Trojan War. As an ally of Troy, Percote sent a contingent to help King Priam during the Trojan War - though this contingent was led not by Merops's sons, but by
Asius, son of
Hyrtacus, according to
Homer's
Iliad, one native from Percote was wounded in the Trojan War by
Antilochus, two natives from Percote were killed in the Trojan War by
Diomedes and
Ullysses. The Meropidae (Amphius and Adrastus) instead lead a contingent from nearby
Adrastea. A nephew of Priam, named
Melanippus, son of
Hicetaon, herded cattle (oxen) at Percote, according to Homer.
