Ancient Greek colony on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles .
It was famous for its wines and was the chief seat of the worship of Priapus . Colonized in 654 BC by Ionian Phocaea, it took part in the Ionian revolt against the Persian Achaemenian dynasty in 499 and later joined the Delian League . When Athens fell in 405, it again came under Persian control until Alexander the Great captured it in 334. It was the home of the philosopher Strato of Lampsacus.