Hellespont
Publié le 22/02/2012
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(Dardanelles) Greek The long
narrow channel or strait leading from the Aegean
Sea into the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. It was
an important trade route for ships traveling between
Asia and Europe. There were many battles and wars
for control of this channel, the most famous of which
was the Trojan War.
The Hellespont got its name from legends that
say Helle, the sister of Phrixus, drowned there when
she and her brother, who were fleeing from their
stepmother, Ino, flew over the water on the ram with
the Golden Fleece.