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Headword: *(ellh/spontos
Adler number: epsilon,845
Translated headword: Hellespont
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[no gloss]
Greek Original:
*(ellh/spontos.
Note:
The present-day Dardanelles: the straits dividing Europe from Asia at the southern mouth of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara); named after the mythological Helle, daughter of Athamas (alpha 702), who was drowned there. See generally OCD(4) s.v. and Barrington Atlas map 51 grids G4-H4.
Keywords: geography; mythology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 15 May 2003@07:18:35.
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William Hutton (set status) on 7 June 2003@08:06:48.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 4 January 2005@04:19:10.
David Whitehead on 3 August 2014@07:41:38.
Ronald Allen (added map reference) on 25 December 2025@11:53:50.
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