Ἑλλής-ποντος,
ὁ,
Hellespont or
A). sea of Helle (daughter of Athamas, who was drowned therein), now
the Dardanelles,
Il. 2.845 ,
Hdt. 4.38 , etc.:—sts. taken to include the Propontis,
Id. 1.57 , etc.:—
the adjacent country,
Th. 2.9 , etc.: in this sense without Art. in Att. Inscrr.,
IG 12.106.16 , al.: said to be used of the Aegean,
Str. 7 Fr. 58 .