-
Gallipoli (after the
Gallipoli peninsula) and in
classical Antiquity as the
****espont (/ˈhɛlɪspɒnt/ HEL-isp-ont;
classical Gr****: Ἑλλήσποντος, romanized: ****ḗspontos...
- 2003. The
ships were
originally named ****espont Alhambra,
****espont Fairfax,
****espont Metropolis and
****espont Tara. In 2004,
Belgian shipowner Euronav...
- It was
located at the Nara
Burnu promontory on the
Asian coast of the
****espont (the
straits of Dardanelles),
opposite the
ancient city of Sestos, and...
- The
Battle of the
****espont,
consisting of two
separate naval clashes, was
fought in 324
between a
Constantinian fleet, led by the
eldest son of Constantine...
- The
Battle of the
****espont took
place in 321 or 320 BC
between the
armies of
Craterus and
Neoptolemus against Eumenes. It was part of the wars between...
- of
Xerxes I of
Persia for the
purpose of Xerxes' army to
traverse the
****espont (the present-day Dardanelles) from Asia into Thrace, then also controlled...
- In response,
Gainas and his
forces attempted to flee back
across the
****espont, but
their rag-tag ad hoc
fleet was met and destro**** by
another Goth...
-
satrapy (province) in
northwestern Anatolia,
directly southeast of the
****espont. Its
capital was Dascylium, and for most of its
existence it was ruled...
-
Chryse (Gr****: Χρύση) was a town on the
****espont,
mentioned by Steph**** of
Byzantium as
being between Abydus and Ophrynium,
which would put it on the...
- and the Argonauts. ****e is
known for
giving her name to the
strait of
****espont ("sea of ****e"), in
which she fell
while crossing it
along with her brother...
