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4 matches to Hellespont
Dardanelles. Mediterranean-Black Sea channel. = Hellespont. Gallipoli. Bosphorus.
Hellespont. Greek name for Dardanelles.
Leander. Hero’s lover who swam Hellespont nightly.
Xerxes I. 519-465BC. King of Persia, invaded Attica. Victor at Thermopylae. Salamis defeat preserved Greek independence. Crossed Hellespont 480BC.