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Cestrine, Kestrine, (modern Filiates- Philiates) a district of Epirus, separated from Thesprotia by the River Thyamis. In the past the city was also known as Cammania, Cestria, Filiates, Ilion, Ilium and Troia. According to Pausanias Geography of Greece, Cestrine took its name from Cestrinus, the son of Helenus, having previously borne the appellation of Cammania.
Pausanias
The story of Helenus, son of Priam, I have already given: that he went to Epirus with Pyrrhus, the son of. Achilles; that, wedded to Andromache, he was guardian to the children of Pyrrhus and that the district called Cestrine received its name from Cestrinus, son of Helenus. Now even the guides of the Argives themselves are aware that their account is not entirely correct.
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