Ἑλλήσποντος
ὀρχούμενός τις καὶ τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν παρωρχεῖτο → a dancer was presenting Kronos who devoured his children, an actor portrayed Kronos who devoured his children
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.
