Sestos

American  

[ses-tos] / ˈsɛs tɒs /

noun

1. an ancient Thracian town on the Hellespont opposite Abydos: Xerxes crossed the Hellespont here when he began his invasion of Greece.

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Sestos British  

/ ˈsɛstɒs /

noun

1. a ruined town in NW Turkey, at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles: N terminus of the bridge of boats built by Xerxes in 481 _bc for the crossing of his armies of invasion

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Sestos

So he said, smiling: "It would be worth while, if mademoiselle were the daughter of Sestos."

From The Road to Paris by Robert Neilson Stephens

He left his army under the charge of Parmenio, to cross from Sestos to Abydos, while he himself set forth in a single galley to proceed to the southward.

From Alexander the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

That struggle was not terminated by the battle of Mycale and the capture of Sestos in 479 B.C.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Sparta had only Sestos and Abydos of all that she had won by the battle of Aegospotami.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

At mid-day we entered the Dardanelles, and several hours afterwards, we cast anchor between Sestos and Abydos, before a small white town, containing no remarkable objects.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various