Hellespont Definition

Hellespont Sentence Examples

• Helle fell off and was drowned in the strait, which after her was called the Hellespont.

• That work was on the point of opening its most brilliant chapter by an invasion of the great king's dominions; the army was concentrated and certain forces had already been sent on to occupy the opposite shore of the Hellespont.

• The place of concentration was Arisbe on the Hellespont.

• Her fate is told in various ways, most of which connect her with the promontory Cynossema, on the Thracian shore of the Hellespont.

• In the next year the Athenian generals failed in the north in their attempt to control the Hellespont.