Propontis
Britishnoun
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Turning his attention to the growing maritime power of Athens, Epaminondas next equipped a fleet of 100 triremes, and during a cruise to the Propontis detached several states from the Athenian confederacy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
After clearing the Turks out of the Bithynian coast-land the “Grand Company” spent the winter of 1303-4 in free quarters along the southern coast of Propontis.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
The northern side of the city is bounded by the harbour; and the southern is washed by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmora.
From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter
She cites, as witness to her word, The frowning Adriatic strand; The Cyclades which rocks engird, And noted Rhodus’ distant land; Propontis and unkindly Thrace, And Savage Pontus’ billowy race.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
By the Ionians of the sea we are to understand the newly-subjugated Greeks of Samos, the Greek cities on the Bosphorus and Propontis.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
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