- hellespontine
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Hellespontine — Hel les*pon tine, a. Of or pertaining to the Hellespont. Mitford … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hellespontine Phrygia — was an Achaemenid satrapy in ancient Anatolia, comprising lands of Troad, Mysia and Bithynia and whose seat was at Daskyleion,[1] south of Cyzicus, Mysia. Pharnabazus was satrap of Darius III there, until Alexander the Great appointed Calas which … Wikipedia
Hellespontine Sibyl — The Hellespontine Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Dardania. The Sibyl is sometimes referred to as the Trojan Sibyl.The word Sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Latin word sibylla , meaning prophetess. There… … Wikipedia
hellespontine — |helə|späntən, än.ˌtīn adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Hellespont, narrow strait between the Gallipoli peninsula in Europe and Turkey in Asia that connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean sea (from Latin Hellespontus, from… … Useful english dictionary
Hellespont — Hellespontine /hel euh spon tin, tuyn/, adj. /hel euh spont /, n. ancient name of the Dardanelles. * * * … Universalium
Sibyl — The word sibyl probably comes (via Latin) from the Greek word sibylla , meaning prophetess. (Other schools of thought suggest that the word may have come from Arabic.) The earlier oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity, who… … Wikipedia
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Cleitus the White — (in Greek Kλείτoς Λευκός; died 318 BC) was an officer of Alexander the Great surnamed White to distinguish him from Cleitus the Black. He is noted by Athenaeus and Aelian for his pomp and luxury, and is probably the same who is mentioned by… … Wikipedia
Pelasgians — The name Pelasgians (from Ancient Greek gr. Πελασγοί, Pelasgoí , singular Πελασγός, Pelasgós [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2380420 Pelasgos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek… … Wikipedia
