Hellespont

created by Webster 1913
(place) by Pseudo_Intellectual (9.4 min) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Mar 13 2000 at 0:24:07
Classical name for the Dardanelles after Helle, who fell from Chrysomallus (the flying ram with the golden fleece) into that body of water.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:06:25

Hel"les*pont (?), n. [L. Hellespontus, Gr. ; the mythological Helle, daughter of Athamas + sea.]

A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora.

 

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