Hellespont=هيليسبونت

Hellespont=هيليسبونت

An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - Oakland

  

ancient name of the Dardanelles, fr. Helle Helle, who, while escaping from her stepmother with her brother Phrixus, fell into this body of water and drowned] : a strait connecting the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marma