Προποντίς

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τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)

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Transliteration A: Propontís Transliteration B: Propontis Transliteration C: Propontis Beta Code: *proponti/s

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ,

   A the Fore-sea, a name given to the Sea of Marmora, that leads into the Pontus, A.Pers.876(lyr.), Hdt.4.85, etc.