Ἑλλήσποντος

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Ἡρακλέους ὀργήν τιν' ἔχων → with a temper like Heracles', with a temper like Hercules'

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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.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Ἑλλήσποντος: ὁ, ὁ πόντος τῆς Ἕλλης (θυγατρὸς τοῦ Ἀθάμαντος, ἐκεῖ πνιγείσης), νῦν Δαρδανέλλια, Ὅμ. (μάλιστα ἐν Ἰλ.), Ἡρόδ. κλ.· καλεῖται προσέτι πορθμὸς Ἀθαμαντίδος Ἕλλης Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 70, πρβλ. 722· - ἐνίοτε περιλαμβάνεται καὶ ἡ Προποντίς, Ἡρόδ. 1. 57, κτλ.· - προσέτι καὶ ἡ περὶ τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον χώρα, Θουκ. 2. 9, κτλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
1 Hellespont, litt. mer d’Hellè (Dardanelles);
2 littoral de l’Asie sur cette mer.
Étymologie: Ἕλλη, πόντος.