Propontis

/ prəˈpɒntɪs /

noun

He visited Ionia, and all the coast upwards to the Hellespont and Propontis.

Unconscious of his danger, the tyrant was absent; withdrawn from the toils of state, in the delicious islands of the Propontis.

The northern side of the city is bounded by the harbor; and the southern is washed by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmara.

Thence they sailed along the Propontis and the coast of Mysia, not, as we may be sure, without adventures.

He then taught physics in Cyzicus and the Propontis, and subsequently, accompanied by a number of pupils, went to Athens.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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