Hellespont
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.N. Borza
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Ingrid Luo, Gabriel Bodard
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Last modified
Jul 22, 2022 01:01 PM
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History
The Hellespont is a narrow strait of northwestern Turkey that connects the Aegean Sea to Propontis (Sea of Marmara). It is known today as the Dardanelles. Pseudo-Apollodorus records a myth that seems to have been widespread in antiquity: the Hellespont got its name by being the place where Helle, sister of Phrixus, fell off the flying golden ram.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/501434
40.2, 26.4
- Representative Locations:
- representative point for Hellespontus (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Dardanelles (English, modern)
- Ἑλλήσποντός (Hellespontos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Hellespontus (unspecified date range)
- Heptastadion (unspecified date range)
- Hellespont communicates with Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Hellespont communicates with Propontis (unspecified date range)
- Scamander (river) flows into Hellespont (unspecified date range)
water, open
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 51 H4 Hellespontus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dardanelles/Çanakkale Boğazı TKY
E.N. Borza, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Ingrid Luo, and Gabriel Bodard, 'Hellespont: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/501434> [accessed: 24 April 2025]
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