| 单词 | Hellespont |
| 例句 | This occurred to many in Greece, in the cities of Ionia and the Hellespont, where Darius set up rulers in order to hold these cities for his own security and glory. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She was drowned; and the strait was named for her: the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Leander was a youth of Abydus, a town on the Hellespont, and Hero was Priestess of Aphrodite in Sestus on the opposite shore. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Only later did I read the Marlowe poem Hero and Leander that begins: "On Hellespont, guilty of true love's blood..." Cy Twombly - an appreciation: Paintings about sex and death 2011-07-05T23:01:41Z Mackichan also introduced a group of swimmers taking part in the annual crossing of the Hellespont, delighting in their diversity. Back To The Hellespont 2010-05-10T07:00:00Z Twombly's paintings, inspired by the myth about a young man who drowns while swimming to his love across the Hellespont, are here juxtaposed with Turner's 1837 painting of the same story. The great upstager: how Monet made Turner and Twombly look ordinary 2012-06-19T18:33:01Z Hero would swim across the Hellespont every night, she explained, to see his heart's desire. Back To The Hellespont 2010-05-10T07:00:00Z When Lord Byron made his famous swim across the Hellespont — from the Black Sea to the Aegean, in imitation of the mythic Leander swimming to his lover, Hero — he was wearing trousers. | Float, Memory 2014-05-06T13:00:33Z He was a man of letters but also, like his hero Byron, a man of action — a war hero and a restless adventurer, who even swam the Hellespont when he was 69. A Renowned Travel Writer’s Letters From the Road 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z You do not need the Hellespont to drown in: Monet's pond is deep enough. The great upstager: how Monet made Turner and Twombly look ordinary 2012-06-19T18:33:01Z The strait on its southern shore is the Dardanelles—or, to use the old romantic term, the Hellespont, as it was called when Byron swam across it, in 1810. Why Do We Remember Gallipoli? 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z Greek triremes sank his ships at Salamis, and Xerxes fled back across the Hellespont, abandoning his army to destruction. ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z He discovered, upon crossing the Hellespont, that his huge armies exceeded the carrying capacity of the Greek countryside, that the topography favored the defender, that late-summer storms were battering his fleet in the Aegean Sea. ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z In 405 BCE, the new Spartan fleet destroyed the Athenian navy at the Battle of Aegospotami in the Hellespont. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z An intellectual counter to the polymath Fermor, she was there when, aged 69, he swam the Hellespont in imitation of his idol Lord Byron. The man who hiked across Europe and kidnapped a general 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z In his teens he walked from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, while in his sixties he swam the Hellespont, in homage to Lord Byron who swam it in 1810. Remembering Peter and Paddy 2014-04-18T16:20:11Z I read recently about another open-water swim that crosses the Dardanelles, a narrow strait in north-west Turkey, formerly known as the Hellespont. Swimming back to life 2013-08-11T23:02:09Z Her fate is told in various ways, most of which connect her with the promontory Cynossema, on the Thracian shore of the Hellespont. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Every night Hero placed a lamp in the top of the tower where she dwelt by the sea, and Leander, guided by it, swam across the dangerous Hellespont. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Priapus, god of the shade, was also a rural deity, but his worship was only known along the shores of the Hellespont. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z In 1353 the Ottoman Turks crossed the Hellespont from Asia Minor and Turkish invasions. began that career of conquest which made them the terror of Europe for the next three centuries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z But two days before, Nelson had visited that very spot, in quest of the French, and, not finding them there, had sailed for the mouth of the Hellespont. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Antalcidas compelled the Athenians to give their assent to it only by making himself master of the Hellespont by stratagem with the aid of Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z DARDANUS, in Greek legend, son of Zeus and Electra, the mythical founder of Dardanus on the Hellespont and ancestor of the Dardans of the Troad and, through Aeneas, of the Romans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Maiden loved by Leander, who swam the Hellespont to visit her, 111-117. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The Turks accordingly crossed the Hellespont and seized Gallipoli and the territory in the vicinity of the capital. The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire 2012-02-01T03:00:10.887Z Have you not read how Leander swam every evening across the Hellespont to see his beloved? Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z In the next year the Athenian generals failed in the north in their attempt to control the Hellespont. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z But I'm not a fine swimmer, and I did not feel as brave as Leander, although the Seine is narrower than the Hellespont. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z No one suspected their meetings; and all went well until the first fierce storms of winter swept down over the Hellespont. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z This strait was narrower than the Hellespont, but the current which sets through it from north to south was much stronger. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z It thus embraced all the Greek settlements on the coasts and islands of the Mediterranean, on the shores of the Hellespont, the Bosporus and the Black Sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z We have reached the ancient Hellespont, the Dardanelles of the Turks, famed as the narrow water that divides Europe from Asia, for the beauties that adorn its banks, and for its great Turkish fortifications. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The people afterward named it in memory of her, calling it ‘Hellespont’—‘Helle’s Sea.’ The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Though close to the sea it had no good harbour, and it was just too far from the mouth of the Hellespont to command effectually the exit of the Euxine. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z As Byzantium and Chalcedon could throw great difficulties in the way of any communication or passage over the Bosphorus, the fleet was bidden to open the Hellespont and keep it open. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z We must divide by ten or fifteen to arrive at a probable estimate of the forces that actually crossed the Hellespont. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z A steamboat—shade of Hector, Ajax, and Agamemnon, forgive the sins of the day—an Austrian steamboat is now splashing the island-studded �gean, and paddling the classic waters of the Hellespont. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z "They say Alexander will try to cross the Hellespont," he replied, attempting a shrug. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Fleet and army met at Abydos on the Hellespont without mishap, for Leo had drawn back all his resources, naval and military, to guard his capital. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z So Darius must have led the army to the Hellespont as soon as he had allowed time for rest on the Danube. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z In another part, he saw the lifeless body of Leander, and the despairing Hero in the act of throwing herself into the Hellespont, which had unfortunately proved the grave of her lover. Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 2011-09-27T02:00:20.260Z From this point, too, Leander swam the Hellespont for love of Hero, and Lord Byron and Mr. Ekenhead for fun. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The shores of the sea, from the Hellespont to the Nile, had been conquered and held. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Helle became terrified, and was drowned in the straits which are called from her, Hellespont. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z It was no small thing that the Persian kings established peace in all Asia from the shores of the Hellespont to the Belurdagh, and maintained order and security from the Nile to the Himalayas. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z We sailed through the Hellespont, and then the Archipelago. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z A goodly troop there are Of such, and those of finest flavour, where The isles of Lipara do gem the ocean: And many lie in the broad Hellespont. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z As for the river," Alexander replied, "the Hellespont would blush for shame if we stood waiting on the banks of such a stream as this after having crossed the other. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z As long as the waters of the Hellespont flow between Sestos and Abydos, the fame of the love that perished there shall never pass away. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z It was of greater importance to get into his power the two straits which separate Europe from Asia—the Hellespont and the Bosphorus. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z The Bosphorus and the Hellespont were its two gates, which could always be shut against a hostile fleet. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Sophocles also mentions them, in his Shepherds:— There, too, the foreign pelamys does winter, The stranger from the Hellespont. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z I have news of what the Great King is doing and unless the Gods themselves interfere to save Alexander, he will be crushed as soon as he has crossed the Hellespont. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z By the way, who was the fellow that swam the Hellespont for love of a young lady? The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z The European shore of the Hellespont, the Thracian Chersonesus, had been for more than forty years under the rule of a princely family, which sprang from Attica. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z They fill the background of Hellenic origins, and even spread beyond the Hellenic horizon, to such an extent that there seems little room for any other people between the Adriatic and the Hellespont. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z And Hegesander the Delphian says that no truffles are found in the Hellespont, and no fish of the kind called γλαυκίσκος, and no thyme. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z He brought the solidarity and moral force of Christianity to revive the spirit of the declining empire, and he decided to create a new permanent capital at Byzantium upon the Hellespont. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The Dardanelles, or the Hellespont as it was called in ancient times, extends for 45 miles; the Sea of Marmora is 175 miles in length, and the Bosporus continues the waterway for another 17 miles. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z And scrambling down the cliff, we bathed almost reverently in the Hellespont. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z They had possession of the coast of the Hellespont and Bithynia; and were found in Phrygia, Isauria, and the neighbouring parts of Asia Minor. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Because I trod the people under me, and bridged the Hellespont with ships, and poured my temple-wasting millions on the western world. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z During the 3rd century, 278-277 B.C., certain Gallic tribes crossed the Bosporus and Hellespont, and established a Celtic power in central Asia Minor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" It was now clear to all that an unsupported naval attack was powerless to force a right-of-way through the Hellespont. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z When Achilles died, the Greeks erected a superb tomb to his memory upon the shores of the Hellespont, and after the taking of Troy, Polyxena was sacrificed to the manes of Achilles. Heathen Mythology Helle fell off and was drowned in the strait, which after her was called the Hellespont. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Aby′dos, 1, an ancient city of Asia Minor, on the Hellespont, at the narrowest part of the strait, opposite Sestos. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The main body of the Gauls who had marched to the Hellespont crossed it under the leadership of Leonnorius and Lutarius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Guy pulled the canoe from the shed and dragged it squeaking over the wet grass; not even he in the exaltation of the moment was going to swim the Hellespont. Plashers Mead A Novel On the formation of the triumvirate, Brutus and he, with their combined armies, crossed the Hellespont, marched through Thrace, and encamped near Philippi in Macedonia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" It had caused myriads of armed men to cross the Hellespont. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 It was indeed a gorgeous spectacle as, beneath the unclouded splendor of a September sun, this majestic armament swept through the beautiful scenery of the Hellespont. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Nor was it only towards the south and the Hellespont that the Celtic tide ever set. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Another chalice, in the same collection, of the 6th or 7th century, was found with a silver treasure at Lampsacus on the Hellespont. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Two naval battles, won by the aid of Rhodes and Pergamon, secured the control of the Aegean and in 190 B. C. a Roman force crossed the Hellespont. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The other fellows are here too, only you can't see them; and we're just going through the Hellespont, so don't you come bothering.' The Golden Age Seizing the emperor on the Asiatic shore, they conveyed him across the Hellespont to the porphyry apartment of the palace, the chamber in which he was born. Women of Early Christianity The remnant of those who returned from Greece joined that part of their army which had remained in Thrace, and marched for the Hellespont. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" There were Thracians, too, who dwelt much further north than Achilles, in Europe and beside the strait of Hellespont, where the narrow sea runs like a river. Tales of Troy and Greece In our last lesson we saw this army of four start on their journey across the Hellespont, they being destined to bring to Europe the gospel of the grace of God. Training the Teacher The tomb of Achilles was situated “high on a jutting headland over wide Hellespont that it might be seen from off the sea.” Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary Is he Leander, and are the Ottawa's jaws a western Hellespont, with my ward and Stillyside, for Hero and her tower?” The Advocate It was a bad imitation of a bad model—the road with which Xerxes bridled the “indignant Hellespont.” Old Roads and New Roads And that strait is called Helle's Ford, or Hellespont, to this day. Tales of Troy and Greece The strait was called after her, the Hellespont, or Helle’s Sea. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History His power stretches from the Adriatic to the Hellespont. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" He exhorted me to banish every fear, to cross the Hellespont boldly, and to push forward into the heart of Asia. Alexander the Great Makers of History There's your Hellespont, son, as sure as Leander was a gentleman! Wings of the Wind Persia answers: "Because I trod the people under me, because I bridged the Hellespont with ships, and poured my temple-wasting millions on the western world, I fell by my own misdeeds!" Eighth Reader After passing the Hellespont, they found in the Propontis, which we call the Sea of Marmora, an islet called the Bears’ Hill, inhabited by giants with six arms, whom they slew. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History It is reported that his skill was wonderful; and that at any time between his twelfth and sixtieth year, he could with ease have swum across the Hellespont. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series They were separated from each other by the waters of the Hellespont, the Ægean Sea, and the Mediterranean, as will be seen by the map. Alexander the Great Makers of History When Coleridge, the schoolboy, was going along the street thinking of the story of Hero and Leander and imagining himself to be swimming the Hellespont, he threw wide his arms as though breasting the waves. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Wherefore art thou so fallen? thou who trod the people under thee, bridged the Hellespont with ships, and poured thy temple-wasting millions on the western world? Eighth Reader There is water there, and white birds like kingfishers, the origin of which, and the battles of the Hellespont, we will discuss at a proper time. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Lysimachus acquired Thrace, Bithynia, and some other provinces on the other side of the Hellespont and the Bosphorus. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) He was to pass from Europe into Asia by crossing the Hellespont between Sestos and Abydos. Alexander the Great Makers of History But scarcely had Aurelian reached the Hellespont, when tidings were brought to him that the inhabitants of Palmyra had again revolted, and had put the Roman governor and garrison to the sword. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History I did not readily 224 come into Alfred’s plan to deceive you: “Suffer me, he said, to try the constancy of your Leander;——I doubt whether he would swim the Hellespont for you.“ Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father After a prosperous voyage the Mediterranean was reached, and the ship entered, with a fair wind, the Straits of the Hellespont. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Still, if they man their ships, and, defeating us by sea, sail to the Hellespont, and there destroy our bridge—that, sire, were a fearful hazard. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Accordingly, when the fleet sailed, it turned its course to the northward, as if it were really going to the Hellespont. Darius the Great Makers of History English farmers on the Hellespont prefer to pay Greek laborers £10 per year “besides their keep,” rather than £3 to Turkish laborers. Principles Of Political Economy Two bridges of boats are being built across the Hellespont. A Victor of Salamis On one side, sir, of the Hellespont, is a small town called Sestos; it is a spot ignoble now, but was, once, one of note. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition And the people called the part of the sea where she fell in, the Hellespont, which means the sea of little Helle. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The expedition sailed from Miletus; and, in order to prevent the people of Naxos from being apprised of their danger, the report had been circulated that its destination was to be the Hellespont. Darius the Great Makers of History During the reign of Orkhan the Ottomans made frequent passages of the Hellespont for the purpose of extending their power into Europe. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 The completion of the bridges of boats across the Hellespont, the assembling of the fleet, the collecting of provisions, fell to his province. A Victor of Salamis We ascended the tombs of Hector and Paris, which command a 33fine view of the Simois in its entire course, from the point where it issues from the mountains, to its junction with the Hellespont. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 The shores of the Hellespont, Scythia, and the Euxine Sea; the Isles of the Ægæan; Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Colchis, the northern parts of Africa, Ecbatana, and even Babylon were the objects of his unwearied research. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The courier crossed the Hellespont, and proceeded to the encampment of Megabyzus in Thrace. Darius the Great Makers of History It is still to be seen to the north of the embouchure of the Hellespont. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 All was ready,—the army of hundreds of thousands, the twelve hundred war-ships, the bridges across the Hellespont, the canal at Mt. A Victor of Salamis The sailors have christened it the Dardanelles fever; and the men who are well, swear the others sham illness, in order to escape the working through the Hellespont. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Before it lies the glorious Plain of Troy, which is covered with grass and yellow buttercups; on the north northwest, at about an hour's distance, it is bounded by the Hellespont. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Phocas advanced to the Hellespont and besieged Abydos. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The two passages of the Bosporus and Hellespont, of Constantinople and Gallipoli, were possessed, the one by the Christians, the other by the Turks. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Seleucus now determined to cross the Hellespont himself, and, advancing into Thrace and Macedon, to annex those kingdoms to his own domains. Pyrrhus Makers of History On such a night, Leander swam the Hellespont. The White Mice Thou sayest that thou wilt bridge the Hellespont, and lead thy troops through Europe against Greece. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He did not remain long in Ionia, but passed with his fleet to the Hellespont, and joined his land forces. Ancient States and Empires Under the Byzantines it became the capital of the province of Hellespont and the metropolitan see of Mysia and of all the territory of Troy. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Lysimachus did not wait for his enemies to invade his dominions; he organized an army, crossed the Hellespont, and marched to meet Seleucus in Asia Minor. Pyrrhus Makers of History On such a night as this Leander swam the Hellespont. The White Mice Sun on the Hellespont, White swimmers in the bowl Of the baptismal font Are your soul. Spectra A Book of Poetic Experiments This disaster compelled a retreat, and he recrossed the Hellespont with the shame of failure. Ancient States and Empires Once, for example, the solitary boy, moving along the crowded streets, fancied, in the strange vividness of his waking dream, that he was Leander swimming across the Hellespont. Stories of Authors, British and American Very soon after the victory was decided, Xerxes with the remains of the fleet left the Attic coast and sailed toward the Hellespont. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Let them hasten to join the national ships, and, if denied your independence and rights, blockade the Hellespont, thus carrying the war into the enemy's country. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II A fresh breeze from N. E. carried her rapidly out of the Hellespont, passing the celebrated castles in the Dardanelles, which so severely galled the British. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Lysander accompanied him as one of the generals, but gave so great offense by his overweening arrogance, that he was sent to command at the Hellespont. Ancient States and Empires But golden tripods, purple hangings or robes, fine horses, and beautiful female slaves could be found over the Hellespont. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 When the gates of the Hellespont and Bosporus were shut, the capital still enjoyed within their spacious enclosure every production which could supply the wants or gratify the luxury of its numerous inhabitants. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 A Strait, is a narrow passage opening a way into some sea, as the Straits of Gibraltar, the Hellespont. A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. The Hellespont should be scourged for its temerity, and three hundred lashes were actually given the water, while a set of fetters were cast into its depths. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He was surprised by Iphicrates, and was slain, and the Athenians, under this gallant leader, again became masters of the Hellespont. Ancient States and Empires This course, which I am well convinced is practicable, will be more safe than the other, and the bridging of the Hellespont will be of itself a glorious deed. Xerxes Makers of History Not the view from the Troad, with Ida, the Hellespont, and the more distant Mount Athos, can equal it, though so superior in extent. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 The fleet was to sail at once for the northern Archipelago, and limit its operations to guarding the bridge of the Hellespont and protecting the convoys for the army. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Themistocles and the Athenians had it in view to hasten to the Hellespont and break it down. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Besides this, a powerful fleet of one thousand two hundred and seven ships of war, besides transports, was collected at the Hellespont. Ancient States and Empires Suppose that they should do so, and that then, proceeding to the northward in triumph, they should enter the Hellespont and destroy your bridge? Xerxes Makers of History The Athenians urged the policy of going on and destroying the bridge over the Hellespont, but they were Page 37 voted down by their allies, who preferred to leave well enough alone. A History of Sea Power Surrounded by open enemies and false friends, tracked and pursued, through sandy wastes and pathless mountains, now parched with heat, now numbed with cold, they at last reached the sunny and friendly Hellespont. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria But no god guarded the road to Athens, and at length Xerxes and his army reached that city,—four months after they had crossed the Hellespont. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality From Sardis the hosts of Xerxes proceeded to Abydos, through Ilium, where his two bridges across the Hellespont awaited him. Ancient States and Empires These were intended for the bridge across the Hellespont. Xerxes Makers of History Indeed, if the advice of Themistodes had been taken and the Greek fleet had proceeded to the Page 38 Hellespont and held the position, not even a remnant of the retreating army would have survived. A History of Sea Power I rather thought that Alexander Would sound well at the font, While mother much preferred Leander For him who swam the Hellespont. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) The Persians were already defeated when these troops came in sight, and they turned and marched away for the Hellespont, leaving the defeated host to shift for itself. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality An Athenian fleet was sent to the Hellespont to contend with the Lacedæmonian squadron, and gained an incomplete victory at Cynossema, whose only effect was to encourage the Athenians. Ancient States and Empires The Hellespont itself was, of course, one principal point of danger. Xerxes Makers of History A fleet of warships and transports to the number of 1800 sailed to the Hellespont, carrying about 80,000 troops, while a great army collected at Tarsus and marched overland toward the same destination. A History of Sea Power Harrow’s dazzled eyes wandered over the six golden heads and snowy necks, lovely as six wholesome young goddesses fresh from a bath in the Hellespont. Iole The land army, too, lost heavily from the hurricane; and Mardonius, fearing to advance farther after this disaster, ingloriously made his way back to the Hellespont. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality His empire extended from the Indus to the Hellespont and the Syrian coast, far greater than that of either Assyria or Babylonia. Ancient States and Empires A violent storm arose while he was at Sardis, and broke up the bridge which he had built across the Hellespont. Xerxes Makers of History He engaged Peganes, the general of the theme of Opsikion, or the provinces on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont, in his rebellion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 The news of Xerxes' crossing of the Hellespont, and of his approach to conquer Greece, soon reached Athens, where it filled all hearts with fear. The Story of the Greeks Reaching the Hellespont, he had a marble throne erected, from which to view the passage of his troops. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality A double bridge of boats, extending from Abydos to Sestos—a mile in length across the Hellespont, was constructed by Phœnicians and Egyptians; but this was destroyed by a storm. Ancient States and Empires This was at the time when Xerxes was just about crossing the Hellespont. Xerxes Makers of History The bad in life were as resistlessly drawn up to a new life as the Greeks were drawn from clear beyond the blue waters of the Hellespont into His presence. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation Xerxes' army marched in various sections across Asia Minor, and all the forces came together at the Hellespont. The Story of the Greeks When Themistocles had secured the safety of Greece by the destruction of the Persian fleet, he made an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Greeks to break down the bridge across the Hellespont. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition He distrusted the fidelity of the allies, and feared for his own personal safety; he feared that the victors would sail to the Hellespont, and destroy the bridges. Ancient States and Empires Xerxes was crossing the Hellespont, and the whole country was full of excitement and terror. Xerxes Makers of History So long then arouse his great might unto him, until the Greeks in flight reach the ships and the Hellespont. The Iliad of Homer (1873) You can imagine what a sight it was for all the boys and girls who lived near enough to the Hellespont to see this mighty parade, which continued night and day. The Story of the Greeks Troy or Ilion was the capital of a kingdom in Asia Minor, situated near the Hellespont, and founded by Ilus, son of Tros. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Even the combined Peloponnesian and Syracusan fleets sustained two defeats in the Hellespont. Ancient States and Empires In carrying out this design, he concluded to march to the northward by land, accompanied by a large portion of his army and by all his principal officers, until he reached the Hellespont. Xerxes Makers of History Her, on the one hand, her feet bore towards Olympus: but the Greeks, flying with a heaven-sent uproar from man-slaughtering Hector, reached the ships and the Hellespont. The Iliad of Homer (1873) While his army slowly made its way along the coast and across the Hellespont, Alexander, attended by only a few followers, sailed straight for Troy, the ancient Asiatic city. The Story of the Greeks My tent was at Imbros right enough, and I was lying in my little camp bed, and yet I was being drowned, held violently under the Hellespont. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 The confidence of the Athenians was as unbounded as was that of Xerxes when he crossed the Hellespont, and hence there had been great zeal and forwardness in preparation. Ancient States and Empires Then he was to give up to Mardonius the command of such troops as should be selected to remain in Greece, and, crossing the Hellespont, return himself to Persia with the remainder. Xerxes Makers of History Thus they indeed were mourning through the city; but the Greeks, as soon as they reached the ships and the Hellespont, were separated each to his own ship. The Iliad of Homer (1873) Offering a sacrifice to the gods inhabiting the river, as Alexander in the middle of the Hellespont sacrificed a bull to Neptune and the Nereids: see Arrian i. The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis If we had been bred on the banks of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Hellespont, our school of æsthetics would have been different. French and Oriental Love in a Harem The Athenian fleet now reigned alone in the Propontis, the Bosphorus, and the Hellespont, and levied toll on all the ships passing through the straits, while Chrysopolis, opposite to Byzantium, was occupied by Alcibiades. Ancient States and Empires He feared that the bridge of boats would have been broken down, and then how would he be able to cross the Hellespont? Xerxes Makers of History But he immediately reached the Troad and the Hellespont, and hastened to go, like unto a princely youth, first springing into youth, whose youth is very graceful. The Iliad of Homer (1873) It was not here a question of reconnaissance work or of costly backstairs methods in a carefully watched fortified area of prime strategical significance like the environs of the Hellespont. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 But could he doubt what the divine intention was when, gazing across the silver streak of the Hellespont, he beheld the shores of Europe on the other side? The Life of St. Paul The Athenians fitted out a fleet and sent it under Chares to the Hellespont. Ancient States and Empires They were to make the best of their way to the Hellespont, and post themselves there to defend the bridge of boats until Xerxes should arrive. Xerxes Makers of History But across and in front gleams in the sunlight what was the Promised Land, the roofs of Chanak and the purple narrows of the Hellespont. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 The French for a week or two contemplated despatching four divisions which were to operate on the Asiatic side of the Hellespont; but the situation on the Western Front put an end to this design. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 We belonged to the squadron of Admiral Lewis, then cruising in the Hellespont, when we were ordered to England with despatches of the utmost importance. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures The full of Niger at the Hellespont insured the submission of the East, and the victorious emperor penetrated as far as Ctesiphon, and received the submission of Mesopotamia and Arabia. Ancient States and Empires Forty-five days were consumed in getting back to the Hellespont. Xerxes Makers of History Leander, with Love's complete fleet Manned in himself, puts forth to seas; When straight the ruthless Destinies, With, Até, stir the winds to war Upon the Hellespont: their jar Drowns poor Leander. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) He was born at Lampsăchus, a city of Mysia, at the mouth of the Hellespont, but in so deformed a state, that his mother, through shame, abandoned him. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) For thee in cities worship most the shores Of Hellespont the richest oystery strand. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus This city was always disaffected, and in the absence of Pelopidas in Thessaly, and Epaminondas with a fleet on the Hellespont, some three hundred of the richest citizens undertook to overthrow the existing government. Ancient States and Empires At length Xerxes, with a miserable remnant of his troops, arrived at Abydos, on the shores of the Hellespont. Xerxes Makers of History Leander to the envious light Resigns his night-sports with the night, And swims the Hellespont again. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) It is a link between the Black and Aegean Seas, connected by the Bosporus with the former, and by the Dardanelles, the Hellespont, with the latter. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Anaxagoras retired to Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont, and there, after some five years, he died. A Short History of Greek Philosophy He invaded both India and Scythia, while his general, Megabazus, subdued Thrace and the Greek cities of the Hellespont. Ancient States and Empires Artabanus the uncle disappears finally from view at the time when Xerxes dismissed him to return to Susa at the first crossing of the Hellespont. Xerxes Makers of History He was afterwards defeated in passing the Hellespont; and fleeing through the country of the Huns, was overthrown, and slain by them in 400. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The thirteenth satrapy, known also as the satrapy of Phrygia, which comprised, besides the coast of the Hellespont, all the central region of Asia Minor between the Taurus and the Black Sea. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Hermanric, however, after many battles with the Romans achieved the desired conquest, and became Lord of Romaborg and the country round it, even to the Hellespont and the isles of Greece. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation He convoked the dignitaries of his empire—the princes and governors of provinces, and announced his resolution to bridge over the Hellespont and march to the conquest of Europe. Ancient States and Empires I think that Xerxes, in the matter of the Hellespont, did wisely and well. Border and Bastille But upon the approach of the Roman army, which entered Asia by crossing the Hellespont, Antiochus retreated southward; and the decisive battle was fought near Magnesia, at the foot of Mount Sipylus. A Smaller History of Rome After his Indian expedition, which took him up three years, he passed from Asia by the Hellespont into Thrace, where Lycurgus withstood him, and at last put him to flight. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) A Turkish battleship joined in from the Hellespont, dropping about twenty 11.2-inch shells into our lines. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I Lemnos, in latitude forty, equidistant from Mount Athos and the Hellespont, rendered infamous by the massacre of all the male inhabitants of the island by the women. Ancient States and Empires Beneath the shadow of your fleecy locks, Will Italy increase, and Europe from The mouths of Tagus to the Hellespont, And all the world will taste the sweets of peace. The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi One of 'em's a big clumsy colt named Hellespont. Blister Jones When he was arrived at the extremities of the ocean, he turned back, and passed through the upper provinces of Asia, till he came to the Hellespont, which he crossed. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) The French official photographer has fixed a moment by snapping Gouraud and myself overlooking the Hellespont from the old battlements. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I It is reasonably supposed that the early settlers in Greece came from the region of Asia Minor, either across the Hellespont or the sea, and populated the Greek islands and the mainland. A Text-Book of the History of Painting It is not my intention to leap into it head foremost, or even to swim across it, like Leander over the Hellespont. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Between the Bosphorus and the Hellespont, the shores of Europe and Asia receding on either side include the Sea of Marmora, which was known to the ancients by the denomination of the Propontis. Gibbon It hardly answers to our Atlantic ideas of the ocean, but is sufficiently applicable to the Hellespont, and the Bosphorus, with the Aegean intersected with islands. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 Blood, sweat, fire; with these we have forged our master key and forced it into the lock of the Hellespont, rusty and dusty with centuries of disuse. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I For operations beyond sea they relied on the seamen of the AEgean, generally Christians, as they had required the help of Genoese ships to ferry them over the Hellespont. Lectures on Modern history As they were still a strong party round the Hellespont, their friendship was important. The Arian Controversy Through Asia, from the banks of the Nile to the shores of the Caspian, from the Hellespont even to the sea of Oman, a sudden panic was driven. The Last Man When he that can run, sir, may read—if he borrows the book, or goes on tick— In my poems the bit that describes how the Hellespont joins the Propontic. The Heptalogia Her sons united at Thermopylæ and Marathon; and the tide of her triumph rolled back upon the Hellespont. Successful Methods of Public Speaking On reaching Macedonia they secured allies from Philip and marched on to the Hellespont. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form This horde crossed the Hellespont by a bridge of boats in the spring of 480. History Of Ancient Civilization But, this morning being calmer, I succeeded, and crossed the 'broad Hellespont' in an hour and ten minutes. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals Did not Leander swim over the Hellespont in a tempest to get to his mistress? Dialogues of the Dead At five the next morning, we anchored in the Hellespont, between the castles of Sestos and Abydos, now called the Dardanelli. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe There were certainly several along both shores of the Hellespont, besides the famous father of all light-houses, on the island of Pharos, near Alexandria. Men and Women Across the Hellespont, to the southward, the sky was illumined by a ruddy glow—a village burning, so a sailor told me, on the site of ancient Troy. The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean From Constantinople, where he arrived on the 14th of May, he addressed four or five letters to Mrs. Byron, in almost every one of which his achievement in swimming across the Hellespont is commemorated. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals These two young people lived in towns on opposite sides of the Hellespont. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation She was of high birth, but had the misfortune to attract the attention of the Spartan Pausanias, who was in command of the united Greek fleet at the Hellespont after the battle of Platæa. Greek and Roman Ghost Stories The passage of Xerxes's army over the Hellespont began in the end of the fourth year of the 74th Olympiad, that is, in June An. Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John Please to append the letter about the Hellespont as a note to your next opportunity of the verses on Leander, &c. &c. &c. in Childe Harold. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals So those narrow straits are called "Hellespont," after her; and they bear that name until this day. Myths That Every Child Should Know A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People Such mourning was in Troy; meantime the Greeks Their galleys and the shores of Hellespont Regaining, each to his own ship retired. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper The Phoenicians furnished him with an enormous fleet, and he made a bridge of a double line of boats across the Hellespont and cut a canal through the peninsula of Mount Athos. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 The Hellespont's down at the other end of the tank. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 I crossed the Hellespont in one hour and ten minutes only. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals According to some writers the Parthians even pillaged Lydia and Ionia, and were in possession of Asia to the shores of the Hellespont. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Neptune with his tridental mace, himself, Led them, and beam and buttress to the flood35 Consigning, laid by the laborious Greeks, Swept the foundation, and the level bank Of the swift-rolling Hellespont restored. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper Ilium, or Troy, was a city of Asia Minor, a little south of the Hellespont. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 According to some, he made himself master of the whole territory of the Troad, and the Milesians had to obtain his permission before they could establish their colony of Abydos upon the Hellespont. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. I was three hours in swimming across the Tagus, which is much more hazardous, being two hours longer than the Hellespont. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals The riders made the whole journey, except the passage of the Hellespont, by land, proceeding through Thrace and Illyricum to the head of the Adriatic, and then descending the peninsula. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Originating in a small tribe between the Caspian Sea and the Euxine, they had with bloody cimeters overrun all Asia Minor, and, crossing the Hellespont, had intrenched themselves firmly on the shores of Europe. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power He leaped from the tub and shone rosily in the firelight, as elegantly proportioned a youth as ever was that fabulous Leander of the Hellespont. The Grey Cloak Leander was his name, but it is safe to say that he swam no Hellesponts for the masterful wife of his bosom. Judith of the Plains If three individuals did more than the passage of the Hellespont, why should he have done less? Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals Not only Hellespont but ocean seas, For her sweet sake to ford I would attempt, So that my travels would her ire appease, My soul from thrall and languish to exempt. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris They had conquered Constantinople, fortified both sides of the Bosporus and the Hellespont, overrun Greece and planted themselves firmly and impregnably on the shores of Europe. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power From the Hellespont to Thermopylæ, and the suburbs of Constantinople, he ravaged, without resistance and without mercy, the provinces of Thrace and Macedonia. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 His Majesty's sloop, Nautilus, commanded by Captain Palmer, left the squadron of Sir Thomas Louis in the Hellespont, on the morning of the: 3rd of January, 1807, bearing dispatches of the utmost importance for England. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 At the mouth of the Hellespont there are four strong Turkish forts, two on the European and two on the Asiatic side. The Empire of Russia First they merely crossed the Hellespont to Thrace, for Aeneas hoped to found a city here and revive the name of Troy. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Others again can hardly be said to have a population of their own at all, but are simple avenues of transmission, like Western Switzerland and the Hellespont Region. The Unity of Civilization He devoted much thought to what she was most in need of, and at last he bought her a colored picture of Lord Byron swimming the Hellespont. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood Ibrahim was to retain the pashalik of Syria for his life, and Russia stipulated that no vessels of war should be allowed to pass the Dardanelles or Hellespont without the consent of the sultan. France in the Nineteenth Century All her great navigable rivers, without exception, flow into the Black Sea, and thence through the Bosporus, the Marmora and the Hellespont, into the Mediterranean. The Empire of Russia It was built on a fortified hill on the southern slopes of the Hellespont, and encircled by strong walls that the gods had helped to build. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Shortly afterwards Philip, full of great designs, proceeded with all his army to the Hellespont, in order to take Perinthus, Byzantium, and the Chersonese at one blow. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Upon entering Kyzikus, Lucullus took his pleasure, and enjoyed a friendly reception suitably to the occasion; he next visited the Hellespont, and got his navy equipped. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II They now not merely obtained a firm hold on the Hellespont, but were able to drive the Lacedaemonians from the sea in all quarters. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I The Russian flag now girdles the Euxine Sea, and notwithstanding the recent check at Sevastopol, Russia is pressing on with resistless strides towards the possession of the Hellespont. The Empire of Russia And in that night, as the ship sped on by sail and oar, they passed right through the Hellespont dark-gleaming with eddies. The Argonautica They repented of their anger, and ordered Phokion himself to take a second armament and proceed to the assistance of their allies on the Hellespont. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. These terms being settled, Sulla retraced his steps and marched through Thessaly and Macedonia to the Hellespont in company with Archelaus, whom he treated with great respect. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II He now took a cruise round the Hellespont, to raise contributions from the towns on the coast, during which he took Selymbria, where he, very unnecessarily, was exposed to great personal risk. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Inland, the woodlands stretched an ocean, bottomless with foliage; its green surges bursting through cable-vines; like Xerxes' brittle chains which vainly sought to bind the Hellespont. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Hellespont and Constantinople are the principal subjects of these letters, which are lively and amusing in their pictures of manners and life. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson When he had crossed the Hellespont he proceeded to Troy, offered sacrifice to Athena, and poured libations to the heroes who fell there. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. After this, Lucullus joined Sulla in the Chersonesus, as he was going to cross the Hellespont, and he made the passage safe for him, and assisted his army in getting over. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II He gave out that he had been privately released by Tissaphernes himself, in order to disgrace that satrap, and at once sailed to the Athenian fleet in the Hellespont. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Subsequently Scipio's brother crossed the Hellespont with twenty-five thousand men, and at Magnesia gained the celebrated victory which surrendered to the mercy of the Romans the kingdom of Antiochus and all Asia. The Art of War "I am not a pickpocket," replied the boy; "I only thought I was Leander swimming the Hellespont!" Selections from Five English Poets Upon this, Lysander was despatched on a mission to the Hellespont, where he found means to gain over a Persian noble named Spithridates, who had received some offence from Pharnabazus, the satrap of that province. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. X. At this Xerxes became terrified, and at once hurried back to the Hellespont. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Crossing the Hellespont after the battle of Pharsalia in a small boat, he met two of the enemy's ships. Roman life in the days of Cicero So fearful had been the losses of the Crusaders that of seven hundred thousand who crossed the Hellespont, not more than forty thousand reached the end of the pilgrimage. The Boy Knight After Philip, King of Macedon, had been treacherously slain by Pausanias, he was succeeded by his son Alexander, who, passing over the Hellespont, overcame the army of Darius, King of Persia, at Granicum. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History He now crossed the Hellespont and proceeded through Thrace. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Finding the Hellespont unguarded, he attacked the city of Lampsakus by sea, while Thorax, who had arrived at the same place with the land forces, attacked it on that side. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II He himself, with his fleet, set sail from Ephesus in the beginning of spring, and steered towards the Hellespont. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 The army which crossed the narrow passage of the Hellespont is estimated at no less than seven hundred thousand fighting men. The Boy Knight And from all parts of his huge empire he mustered his hosts first in Cappadocia, and marched thence by way of Sardis to the Hellespont. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Fancy what Leander would have felt, if, after swimming across the Hellespont, he had surprised Hero at the washing-tub! In the Days of My Youth Lysander, when this skytale reached him at the Hellespont, was much troubled, and as he especially feared the accusations of Pharnabazus, he hastened to confer with him, with a view to settling their dispute. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II I do not believe all its coasts are washed by the ocean, as is our Europe which the Hellespont, the Tanais, the glacial ocean, the Spanish sea and the Atlantic completely surround. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Dardanelles, a strait extending between the Archipelago and the Sea of Marmora, anciently called the Hellespont, 40 m. long, from 1 to 4 broad; commanded by Turkey, both sides of the strait being strongly fortified. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Thereafter King Darius, being very wroth with the Athenians for their share in the burning of Sardis, sent a great army across the Hellespont to march through Thrace against Athens, under his young kinsman Mardonius. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Mardonius crossed the Hellespont twelve or thirteen years before that feat was accomplished by Xerxes, and he purposed marching as far as Athens. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 Having crossed the Hellespont, not without danger, he did honor to Achilles with sacrifices and races, in armor, about the tomb, in which he as well as the soldiers participated. Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus About 278 B.C. the Gauls crossed the Hellespont and passed into Asia Minor. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 Musaeus felt that the waters of the Hellespont were still lamenting the fate which overtook Leander as he swam toward the tower of Hero. Primitive Love and Love-Stories And it was well for him that Themistocles was over-ruled in his desire to pursue and annihilate the fleet, then sail to the Hellespont and destroy the bridge. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History At other times this uncle would mention a certain Greek who in order to see his lady-love swam the Hellespont every night. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel He crossed the Hellespont, and moved down the coast of Asia Minor. History of Julius Caesar And Leander might have safely passed and repassed the Hellespont for twenty years without leaving anything behind to interest posterity; it was failure and death that made him famous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 On the shores of the Hellespont, near the narrowest part of the strait, lay the cities of Sestos and Abydos. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Solyman, his eldest son, being willing to undertake the enterprise, was accordingly despatched with an army of veterans, who crossed the Hellespont, and arrived on the European side. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 The long-idle Muses, it seemed, had become again interested in human efforts, and were paying a flying visit to the haunts of modern genius from the Hellespont to the Mississippi. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 At the well-known passage of Abydus, on the Hellespont, the Mahometan arms were transported, for the first time, from Asia to Europe. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 On either side of the Hellespont his episcopal vigor imposed a rigid formulary of faith and discipline; a chronological error concerning the festival of Easter was punished as an offence against the church and state. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Did not Leander risk and sacrifice his life for Hero, swimming to her at night across the stormy Hellespont? Primitive Love and Love-Stories From the Hellespont to Thermopyl�, and the suburbs of Constantinople, he ravaged, without resistance, and without mercy, the provinces of Thrace and Macedonia. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 Between the Bosphorus and the Hellespont, the shores of Europe and Asia, receding on either side, enclose the sea of Marmara, which was known to the ancients by the denomination of Propontis. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 In the absence of the emperor, Constantinople and the Hellespont were left without defence and without the suspicion of danger. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 From the long-disputed banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, the reign of the grandson of Nushirvan was suddenly extended to the Hellespont and the Nile, the ancient limits of the Persian monarchy. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 They easily escaped through the Bosphorus and the Hellespont, and cruising along the Mediterranean, indulged their appetite for revenge and plunder by frequent descents on the unsuspecting shores of Asia, Greece, and Africa. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 They have enough oil, gas and resources, but they crave a port that isn't con- trolled by the Americans such as in the Black Sea and through the Hellespont. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel When the gates of the Hellespont and Bosphorus were shut, the capital still enjoyed within their spacious enclosure every production which could supply the wants, or gratify the luxury, of its numerous inhabitants. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 They had subdued, in less than thirty years, the kingdoms of Asia, as far as Jerusalem and the Hellespont; and the Greek empire tottered on the verge of destruction. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Till his reign, the Straits of the Bosphorus and Hellespont were open to the freedom of trade, and nothing was prohibited except the exportation of arms for the service of the Barbarians. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The Hellespont and the Thracian Bosphorus formed their mutual boundary, and the banks of those narrow seas, which flowed in the midst of the Roman world, were covered with soldiers, with arms, and with fortifications. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 The journeys of Leander across the Hellespont are well celebrated in verse and prose, but this feat has been easily accomplished many times since, and is hardly to be classed as extraordinary. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine After this he sailed into the Hellespont, in order to raise supplies of money, and took the city of Selymbria, in which action, through his precipitation, he exposed himself to great danger. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans The same arms which threatened Europe might deliver Asia, and repel the Turks from the neighboring shores of the Bosphorus and Hellespont. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 At the extremity of Europe, another peninsula, the Thracian Chersonesus, runs three days' journey into the sea, to form, with the adjacent shores of Asia, the Straits of the Hellespont. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 From thence issuing again through the narrow passage of the Hellespont, they pursued their winding navigation amidst the numerous islands scattered over the Archipelago, or the Ægean Sea. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Even these the Achaeans hewed With axes, and in haste they bare them down From those shagged mountain heights to Hellespont's shores. The Fall of Troy Lucullus first went to Cyzicus, where he was received with all the joy and gratitude suiting the occasion, and then collected a navy, visiting the shores of the Hellespont. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans But Helle fell into the sea, which from her was named the Hellespont. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars In a subsequent inroad they pierced the wall of the Thracian Chersonesus, extirpated the habitations and the inhabitants, boldly traversed the Hellespont, and returned to their companions, laden with the spoils of Asia. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 In the seventh summer after his passage of the Hellespont, Alexander erected the Macedonian trophies on the banks of the Hyphasis. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 With sore anguish all their hearts Were smitten: piteously they moaned: their cry Shivered along the waves of Hellespont. The Fall of Troy But Lysander, when the staff came to him to the Hellespont, was troubled, and fearing Pharnabazus's accusations most, made haste to confer with him, hoping to end the difference by a meeting together. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Themistocles made Xerxes, king of Persia, post apace out of Grecia, by giving out, that the Grecians had a purpose to break his bridge of ships, which he had made athwart Hellespont. The Essays of Francis Bacon The lagoon was wide, but in his present state of mind he would have swum the Hellespont. The Blue Lagoon: a romance As soon as the Hellespont was open, a plentiful convoy of provisions flowed into the camp of Constantine, who had already advanced the operations of the siege. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 I suppose you know," that gentleman was saying as Carlton came up, "that when you pass by Abydos, on the way to Athens, you will see where Leander swam the Hellespont to meet Hero. The Princess Aline On these terms he proceeded by the way of Thessaly and Macedon towards the Hellespont, having Archelaus with him, and treating him with great attention. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Then launching forth from Thessaly, we threaded the Hellespont with shouts, breathlessly dodged the Clashing Rocks, and coasted under the lee of the Siren-haunted isles. The Golden Age Let gardens with the breath of saffron flowers Allure them, and the lord of Hellespont, Priapus, wielder of the willow-scythe, Safe in his keeping hold from birds and thieves. The Georgics His ashes were deposited in a golden urn on the Rhoetean promontory at the entrance of the Hellespont. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 But finding fault with the vagaries of a poet's fancy is much such another business as Xerxes chastising the waves of Hellespont. The Letters of Robert Burns Philip, full of great thoughts and designs, now advanced with all his forces into the Hellespont, to seize the Chersonesus and Perinthus, and after them, Byzantium. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans I want to swim a thousand Hellesponts for you. Star-Dust It was claimed for him that, any time between twelve and sixteen years of age, he could have swam across the Hellespont. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin After the battle of Aegospotami, and the final defeat of Athens, he crossed the Hellespont and took refuge with Pharnabazus in Phrygia, with the object of securing the aid of Artaxerxes against Sparta. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 When love has to breast the Hellespont it feels its most impassioned thrill. The Hunted Outlaw or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy Thus king Philip was driven out of the Hellespont, and was despised to boot, whom till now, it had been thought impossible to match, or even to oppose. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Instead of Philip's taking Byzantium and becoming master of the Hellespont, it caused the Byzantines to join us in the war against him. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 Lampsacus was on the Hellespont, an allied town of specially good repute. The Life of Cicero Volume One He was worshipped in many places: at Leuke, where he was honoured with offerings and games; in Sparta, Elis, and especially Sigeum on the Hellespont, where his famous tumulus was erected. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He must have been well on his way to the Hellespont ere the conspiracy broke out.' Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra The rest of us cannot swim Hellesponts, keep diaries, nor correspond, as foolish young people have done and do. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 And the proposal to send another general to the Hellespont amounts to no more than this. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 But, this morning being calmer, I succeeded, and crossed the "broad Hellespont" in an hour and ten minutes. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 The vast array of troops was assembled near Sardes, and thence marched to the Hellespont. Outline of Universal History But the king himself had reached the bridge over the Hellespont, and late and hardly and in sorry plight and with few companions came home unto the Palace of Susa. Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays Would Leander have swum the Hellespont for the sake of meeting any girl but Hero upon the distant shore? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 The alienation of the Hellespont, the placing of Megara and Euboea in the power of the enemy, and the attraction of Peloponnesian sympathy to his cause. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 You remember the last,—I hope for such another; but after having swam across the "broad Hellespont," I disdain Datchett. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 With an army of a hundred and twenty thousand men, he traversed Asia Minor and the Hellespont, and was supported in his attack by a fleet of eighteen hundred sail. Outline of Universal History Hellé, taken by a ram across the narrow strait, called the Hellespont after her name, fell into the waves and was drowned. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 At another time he told them of the invasion of Xerxes, and his crossing the wide Hellespont. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey On the other hand, she lost all her possessions on the Hellespont and in the Chersonese, and promised to join the league which Philip intended to form for the invasion of Persia. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 Those two men, should Xerxes again invade Greece, are worth more to his service than half the nations whose myriads crossed the Hellespont. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance A bridge of boats was built across the Hellespont, and the Oriental horde was prepared to ravage the Grecian valleys like a swarm of devouring locusts. Ten Great Events in History Not so fast, Robin, answered the trader; these sheep are lineally descended from the very family of the ram that wafted Phryxus and Helle over the sea since called the Hellespont. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Later, they drove back the Persians by land; through Boeotia, Thessaly and Macedonia the broken host retreated, finally recrossing to Asia over the Hellespont. Authors of Greece Who was it that prevented the Hellespont from falling into other hands at that time? The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 When I have crossed the Hellespont, where poor Leander was drowned, Greece, China, and the Holy Land are the other three countries I'm bound to. The History of David Grieve A great storm arose and destroyed the bridge, and the Persian despot ordered the Hellespont scourged with whips in token of his displeasure. Ten Great Events in History Here is one who has just swum the Hellespont, one who has subdued Cleopatra; here one whose eyes are just launching a thousand ships. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago A canal was dug across the peninsula of Athos, a bridge was built over the Hellespont, and provisions were collected. Authors of Greece The hero is to have a barrow or artificial howe or hillock built over him, "beside wide Hellespont," a memorial of him, and of Hector's valour. Homer and His Age Vast quantities of provisions were collected; the Hellespont was bridged with boats; and the rocky promontory of Mount Athos, where a previous fleet had suffered shipwreck, was pierced with a canal. Early European History All the nations of the east were there, and Xerxes made a bridge of boats chained together over the Hellespont, for them to cross over. The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children Her sons were united at Thermopylæ and Marathon; and the tide of her triumph rolled back upon the Hellespont. The American Union Speaker In the east Athens was even more vitally concerned in trade with the Hellespont, through which her own corn passed. Authors of Greece Only a few ships were taken by the Athenians; as owing to the narrowness of the Hellespont the enemy had not far to go to be in safety. The History of the Peloponnesian War At length the Spartans captured an Athenian fleet near Aegospotami on the Hellespont. Early European History They passed for this purpose across the Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos, and entered Thrace. Cleopatra The stream was a little stream; yet Dante felt it as great an intervention between them, as if it had been Leander's Hellespont. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 The army marched over the Hellespont and along the coast, the fleet supporting it; advancing through Thessaly, it reached the pass of Thermopylae, opposite Euboea, in 480. Authors of Greece The next day they were about to sail against Samos, when tidings reached them of the arrival of Strombichides with the squadron from the Hellespont, upon which they immediately sailed back to Miletus. The History of the Peloponnesian War Alexander crossed the Hellespont in the spring of the year 334 B.C. Early European History That was a proud day for you, but it was a prouder day for us, when you left the shores of old Hellespont and put your foot upon an American deck. Select Speeches of Kossuth He was regular in his athletic exercises, and could swim four hours at a time; he was always proud of swimming across the Hellespont. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam Lesser Asia is entirely surrounded by salt water, except to the eastward; having the Euxine on the north, the Propontis and Hellespont on the west, and the Mediterranean on the south. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Caria upon the sea with her Dorian neighbours, Ionia, the Hellespont, the Thracian towns, the islands lying between Peloponnese and Crete towards the east, and all the Cyclades except Melos and Thera. The History of the Peloponnesian War But Philip was destined never to lead an army across the Hellespont. Early European History Nor was that host More numerous of old, which the great king Poured out on Greece from all the unpeopled East; That bridged the Hellespont from shore to shore, And drank the rivers dry. The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan There on the green and village-cotted hill is Flanked by the Hellespont, and by the sea,Entomb’d the bravest of the brave, Achilles— They say so. The Life of Lord Byron Crossing the Hellespont into Asia Minor with a small but well equipped and disciplined army, he advanced unopposed until he reached the river Granicus, where he found himself confronted with a Persian host. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) After this, the commanders at Samos were informed of it, and sent a squadron against them to guard the Hellespont; and an encounter took place before Byzantium between eight vessels on either side. The History of the Peloponnesian War Such were the men whom Darius placed in Greece, in the cities of Ionia and of the Hellespont, whom, for their own security and glory, he raised to the rank of sovereigns. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation Any 'swimmer in the falls' in my days would have swum the Hellespont, and thought nothing of the matter. Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works It was during the time that the Salsette lay off Cape Janissary that Lord Byron first undertook to swim across the Hellespont. The Life of Lord Byron Sulla crossed the Hellespont in 84, and in a personal interview with the king arranged the terms of peace, which were as follows. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. After wintering before it, they became masters of the place on its evacuation by the barbarians; and after this they sailed away from Hellespont to their respective cities. The History of the Peloponnesian War But overlooking the natural obstacles and the deeds of the gods and human intelligence, he made a road through the sea, and forced a voyage through the earth, joined the Hellespont, and channeled Athos. The Orations of Lysias Helle fell into the sea, which was called after her the Hellespont. The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 The Sacred Mount was a fortified position on the northern coast of the Hellespont. The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes He now passed quickly down the Hellespont, and had landed in Italy before it was known that he had left Pontus. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. But the Athenians and the allies from Ionia and Hellespont, who had now revolted from the King, remained and laid siege to Sestos, which was still held by the Medes. The History of the Peloponnesian War And now my wife is the daughter of Critodemus of Alopeke, who was put to death by the Spartans after the naval battle of the Hellespont. The Orations of Lysias From the Dardanelles into the Hellespont; then the Marmora. The Prince of India — Volume 01 O'er Hellespont and Athos' marble head, More than a god he came, less than a man he fled. Mosaics of Grecian History Under his command, the Romans crossed the Hellespont and sought Antiochus in his own kingdom. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. Hardly less so are a fleet crossing Mount Athos, an army treading the Hellespont, a sun eclipsed by Persian arrows, a flying Xerxes, an admired Leonidas, an inscriptive Othryades. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Other clans entering Europe probably by the way of the Hellespont, pushed themselves into the peninsulas of Greece and Italy, and founded the Greek and Italian states. General History for Colleges and High Schools Regularly he would have crossed the Hellespont at Gallipoli; a whim, however, took him to the White Castle—whim or destiny, one being about as satisfactory as the other. The Prince of India — Volume 01 Xerxes, King of Persia; prepares to invade Greece, and reviews his troops at Abydos; stories of; bridges and crosses the Hellespont; defeats the Spartans at Thermopylæ: is defeated at Salamis: his flight; death of. Mosaics of Grecian History The Hellespont beneath them swells, And roaring cleaves the Dardanelles, The rock-gates of the deep! The Poems of Schiller — Third period At Athens her party was joined by Lord Sligo, who was making some excavations in the neighbourhood, and by Lord Byron, who had just won fresh laurels by swimming the Hellespont. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century The scourgers faithfully performed their duty, at the same time gratuitously cursing the traitorous and rebellious Hellespont with what Herodotus calls "non-Hellenic and blasphemous terms." General History for Colleges and High Schools The news overtook the emperor on the Hellespont. The Caesars The first open rupture with the Athenians occurred while Philip was subduing the Grecian cities on the Thracian coast of the Hellespont, in what was called the Thracian Chersone'sus. Mosaics of Grecian History "Thinkest thou not," said Achilles, "that he may have crossed the Hellespont, in order to rejoin his own countrymen and adherents?" Waverley Novels — Volume 12 He then advanced into Boeotia, and success continued to follow his arms until the year 84, when he crossed the Hellespont to carry the war into Asia. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Ilios, or Troy, was the capital of a strong empire, represented as Grecian in race and language, which had grown up in Asia Minor, along the shores of the Hellespont. General History for Colleges and High Schools The strait where the child fell shall be called Hellespont after her. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 He retired to Lamp'sacus, on the Hellespont, where he died at the age of seventy-two. Mosaics of Grecian History The ships of the enemy would coast round the shores of the Ægean Sea, the land army would cross the Hellespont on a bridge of boats lashed together, and march southwards into Greece. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism She to Olympus sped; the Greeks meanwhile Before the warrior-slayer Hector fled With wild, tumultuous uproar, till they reach'd Their vessels and the shore of Hellespont. The Iliad Crossing the Hellespont, Alexander routed the Persians at the important battle of the Granicus, by which victory all Asia Minor was laid open to the invader. General History for Colleges and High Schools Ha! and it was before this creature that Greece trembled? this is our yoker of Hellesponts, our designer of Athos-canals?—Croesus too! a sad spectacle! Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 She turned the tide of Persian encroachment back across the Hellespont, and Alexander only followed the refluent wave to the Indus. Mosaics of Grecian History The body soil'd with dust, and black with gore, Lies on broad Hellespont's resounding shore. The Iliad Hero is a priestess of Aphrodite, who lives at Sestos, on the Thracian coast; Leander, a youth, whose home is at Abydos, on the Asiatic shore, beyond the Hellespont. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Levies were made upon all the provinces that acknowledged the authority of the Great King, from India to the Hellespont. General History for Colleges and High Schools They served the same purpose to me as did the lamp of the lady called Hero to her lover Leander when he swam the Hellespont to pay her clandestine visits at night. Allan and the Holy Flower He passed rapidly into Thessaly, and, after a march of forty-five days, reached the shores of the Hellespont to find his bridges washed away. Mosaics of Grecian History Thou too, old man, hast happier days beheld; In riches once, in children once excell'd; Extended Phrygia own'd thy ample reign, And all fair Lesbos' blissful seats contain, And all wide Hellespont's unmeasured main. The Iliad "And they christened him Leander—Leander, who swam the Hellespont for love of a woman!" muttered Furneaux. Number Seventeen Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, led a small army of thirty-five thousand Greeks and Macedonians across the Hellespont. General History for Colleges and High Schools Then she demanded to know if I had ever been at the Hellespont, and swam from Sestos to Abydos. The Adventures of Roderick Random Two hundred thousand Persians fell here, and only a small remnant escaped across the Hellespont. Mosaics of Grecian History And now the Greeks from furious Hector's force, Urge to broad Hellespont their headlong course; Nor yet their chiefs Patroclus' body bore Safe through the tempest to the tented shore. The Iliad Many of the subject allies of Athens revolt from her, on her disasters before Syracuse being known; the seat of war is transferred to the Hellespont and eastern side of the AEgean. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo After driving the army of Mithridates out of Greece, Sulla crossed the Hellespont, and forced the king to sue for peace. General History for Colleges and High Schools Upon Hellespont's broad currents Night broods black, and rain in torrents >From the cloud's full bosom pours; Lightnings in the sky are flashing, All the storms below are dashing On the crag-piled shores. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable That Xerxes bridged the Hellespont, however, in the manner related by Herodotus, is an accepted fact of history. Mosaics of Grecian History But now those ancient enmities are o'er; To-morrow we the favouring gods implore; Then shall you see our parting vessels crown'd, And hear with oars the Hellespont resound. The Iliad Wide o'er the level plains, his slanting beams Dart their long lines on Ilion's tower'd site; The distant Hellespont with morning gleams, And old Scamander winds his waves in light. The Mysteries of Udolpho Under its first king it comprised nominally almost all the countries of Asia conquered by Alexander, thus stretching from the Hellespont to the Indus. General History for Colleges and High Schools Let glorious Hector be thy care, and rouse in him great wrath even till the Achaians come in their flight to the ships, and the Hellespont. The Iliad Therefore Homer doth not only make the Greeks whilst encamped near the Hellespont, eat no fish, but he mentions not any sea-provision that the dissolute Phaeacians or luxurious wooers had, though both islanders. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Lay aside the book that you are reading from— What if Leander did swim the Hellespont? Cross Roads After the battle of Salamis, Xerxes, much terrified, immediately hastened to the Hellespont. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls The liberators, advancing to meet them, passed over the Hellespont into Thrace. General History for Colleges and High Schools But the Achaians with terrible cries were fleeing before man-slaying Hector till they came to the ships and to the Hellespont. The Iliad The people afterward named it in memory of her, calling it 'Hellespont'—'Helle's Sea.' The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Bridges of boats could be thrown across the Bosphorus or the Hellespont, mere salt rivers, scarcely more formidable than the streams of the Euphrates and the Tigris. History of Phoenicia Thus did they make their moan throughout the city, while the Achaeans when they reached the Hellespont went back every man to his own ship. The Iliad The writers of the times liken the passage to that of the Hellespont by the hosts of Xerxes. General History for Colleges and High Schools Lysander, in the Hellespont, and Agesilaus, in Asia, were liberated for a time from the hateful restraints imposed by the constitution of Lycurgus. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 Thence to the outlet of the Hellespont everything afloat had fallen their prey. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ When it reached the Hellespont, the great king, anxious to test the quality of his ships and sailors, made proclamation for a grand sailing match, in which all who liked might contend. History of Phoenicia The Grecian fleet now sailed towards the Hellespont with the view of destroying the bridge; but hearing that it no longer existed, Leotychides departed homewards with the Peloponnesian vessels. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest This is suggested, for example, by the famous lion-weight discovered at Abydos in Mysia, the town on the Hellespont famed for the loves of Hero and Leander. Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition There were Thracians, too, who dwelt much further north than Achilles, in Europe and beside the strait of Hellespont, where the narrow sea runs like a river. Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities Twice, indeed, from his yacht, he had swum the Hellespont. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story In process of time Xerxes came to the throne, and the Athenians heard of nothing but the bridge over the Hellespont, and the canal of Athos, and the innumerable host and fleet. Laws In the following year Philip began to attack the Greek cities north of the Hellespont. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Vainly, for these would not to the ships, to the Hellespont spacious, Backward turn, nor be whipped to the battle among the Achaians. Poems — Volume 3 The Persian Empire, from the Hellespont to the Indus, was truly the garden of the world. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science The Athenians, after picking up their dead under a truce, set sail for Notium, and having there buried the slain, continued their voyage towards Lesbos and the Hellespont. Hellenica Thereupon he refused further obedience, and went off with sails set for the Hellespont. Anabasis That monarch, who had not beheld his native land since he first joined the expedition of Alexander, now crossed the Hellespont to take possession of Macedonia. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest This brigade consisted partly of troops which had served with Agesilaus ever since he left home, with a portion of the Cyreians, besides Ionians, Aeolians, and their neighbours on the Hellespont. Agesilaus Thus Broder was freed from death, and Bikk, fearing he would pay the penalty of an informer, went and told the men of the Hellespont that Swanhild had been abominably slain by her husband. The Danish History, Books I-IX With the requisite funds and ships, he promised to exert such hostile pressure upon Athens that at least her prospects in the Hellespont would cease to be so sunny. Hellenica Mardonius, after crossing the Hellespont, commenced his march through Thrace and Macedonia, subduing, as he went along, the tribes which had not yet submitted to the Persian power. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Thus in between three and four years after crossing the Hellespont Alexander had established himself on the Persian throne. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Darius, on his return to Asia, left Megabazus in Europe with an army of 80,000 men to complete the subjugation of Thrace and of the Greek cities upon the Hellespont. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Thus one of the leaders was killed, while one made off in flight, and the whole army of the area of the Hellespont retreated. The Danish History, Books I-IX Such was the state of affairs in the Hellespont, so far at least as Athens and Sparta are concerned. Hellenica After forty-five days' march from Attica, Xerxes again reached the shores of the Hellespont, with a force greatly diminished by famine and pestilence. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Thrasybulus, and after his death Iphicrates, were successful upon the coast of Asia Minor, and made the Athenians again masters of the Hellespont. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest On the Hellespont he found his fleet, but the bridge had been washed away by storms. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Thereon, taking all the sons he had by Thora, in addition to Ubbe, he attacked, crushed in sundry campaigns, and subdued the Hellespont with its king Dia. The Danish History, Books I-IX Another short interval brings us to a morning in early winter, when Dorieus, the son of Diagoras, was entering the Hellespont with fourteen ships from Rhodes at break of day. Hellenica The best troops were disembarked from the ships, and marched towards the Hellespont, in order to secure the bridge, whilst the fleet itself was ordered to make for Asia. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The overwhelming force of Antalcidas, the largest that had been seen in the Hellespont since the battle of AEgospotami, rendered all resistance hopeless. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Upon reaching Abydos on the Hellespont the army crossed over to Europe by the bridge of boats. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest There he lay in camp for a year; and then, sailing through the midland sea, he made his way to the Hellespont. The Danish History, Books I-IX This done, the rest of the generals hastened back to the Hellespont. Hellenica The islands of Chios, Lesbos, and Tenedos were swept of their inhabitants; and the Persian fleet sailed up to the Hellespont and Propontis, carrying with it fire and sword. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The prospects of Athens now became alarming, her possessions in the Chersonese were threatened, as well as the freedom of the Greek towns upon the Hellespont. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Consequently he made for the Hellespont, where, in the absence of any rival power, he hoped to achieve some stroke of good fortune for his city. Hellenica So he assailed Handwan, king of the Hellespont, who was entrenched behind an impregnable defence of wall in his city Duna, and withstood him not in the field, but with battlements. The Danish History, Books I-IX Three of them, on reaching the Hellespont, were destroyed by the Athenian ships employed to keep a sharp look-out on all merchant craft in those waters. Hellenica Agesilaus resolved to act upon it, and despatched Lysander to the Hellespont. Hellenica Having thus put the affairs of Greece on a satisfactory footing, Alexander marched for the Hellespont in the spring of B.C. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Lysander presently left the Hellespont with two hundred sail and arrived at Lesbos, where he established a new order of things in Mitylene and the other cities of the island. Hellenica Having so done, and having further won the friendship of the men of Calchedon, he set sail south of the Hellespont. Hellenica Her comrade, making for the Hellespont, escaped, and eventually reached Athens with news of the blockade. Hellenica |
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