Hellespont Meaning

Harry Mount's Odyssey: Ancient Greece in the Footsteps of …

Unlike Byron, he fails to swim the Hellespont, and he takes a taxi for the last 10 miles of the original marathon route. Greece's current financial  «The Sunday Times, Tem 15»

Ahura Mazda: The new cool

our Achaemenid Emperor Xerxes, who (according to the lying Greek historians) ordered the unruly waves of the Hellespont to be whipped,  «The Asian Age, Tem 15»

Bo Derek hates aging: Talks anti-aging beauty, diet, workout and …

Derek completed the grueling Hellespont open water swim in Turkey in August , finishing sixth in her age group. Bo, who was married for  «seafoodplus.info, Tem 15»

"On Greece, it is clear that Merkel has failed the test of statesmanship."

Across the whole southern half of the continent—from the Pillars of Hercules to the outer approaches to the Hellespont—unemployment has  «The National Interest Online, Tem 15»

As Socialist as a loan shark…

money it owes us, even when its youth is collectively flinging itself into the Hellespont in despair, and its pensioners cry openly on the streets. «MaltaToday, Tem 15»

Greece debacle marks the failure of German leadership in Europe

Across the whole southern half of the continent — from the Pillars of Hercules to the outer approaches to the Hellespont — unemployment has  «The Interpreter, Tem 15»

Pompeii fresco depicts hapless Priapus with a painful condition

Aphrodite was scared of Hera and abandoned Priapus on the banks of a river near the Hellespont. His cult later spread to Greece and Italy. «Ancient Origins, Haz 15»

Made For A Real World: Time and Romance in Josh Trujillo's 'Love …

The computers are of course named after Greek mythic lovers Hero and Leander who were separated by the Hellespont (now the Dardanelles)  «ComicsAlliance, May 15»

VICE News Capsule - Monday, May 11

One time, their leader, Xerces, whipped the Hellespont river because it had the nerve to flood and ruin his battle plans. He sent guys INTO the  «VICE News, May 15»

Rowing to Gallipoli: the amazing Sally Campbell

Asian side of İstanbul to Gelibolu (Gallipoli) on the east coast of the European side of the Dardanelles (Hellespont).(Photo: Sally Campbell). «Today's Zaman, May 15»