Hellespont

[ hel-uh-spont ]

/ ˈhɛl əˌspɒnt /

ancient name of the Dardanelles.

OTHER WORDS FROM Hellespont

Hel·les·pont·ine

[hel-uh-spon-tin, -tahyn] /ˌhɛl əˈspɒn tɪn, -taɪn/, adjective

I think that Xerxes, in the matter of the Hellespont, did wisely and well.

Border and Bastille |George A. Lawrence
These two young people lived in towns on opposite sides of the Hellespont.

Michelangelo |Estelle M. Hurll
Did not Leander swim over the Hellespont in a tempest to get to his mistress?

Dialogues of the Dead |Lord Lyttelton
He´ro.Maiden loved by Leander, who swam the Hellespont to visit her, 111-117.

Myths of Greece and Rome |H. A. Guerber

Naval battle of the Hellespont, and defeat of Gainas the barbarian; who was despatched in Thrace.

The Every Day Book of History and Chronology |Joel Munsell

Hellespont

/ (ˈhɛlɪˌspɒnt) /

the ancient name for the Dardanelles