Ἑλλήσποντος

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ἔτλην δ' οἷ' οὔ πώ τις ἐπιχθόνιος βροτὸς ἄλλος → I have endured as much as no other mortal

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Transliteration A: Hellḗspontos Transliteration B: Hellēspontos Transliteration C: Ellispontos Beta Code: *(ellh/spontos

English (LSJ)

ὁ, Hellespont or

   A sea of Helle (daughter of Athamas, who was drowned therein), now the Dardanelles, Il.2.845, Hdt. 4.38, etc.:—sts. taken to include the Propontis, Id.1.57, etc.:—the adjacent country, Th.2.9, etc.: in this sense without Art. in Att. Inscrr., IG12.106.16, al.: said to be used of the Aegean, Str.7 Fr. 58.