Sestos

[ ses-tos ]

/ ˈsɛs tɒs /

noun

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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Examples from the Web for sestos

Though Alkibiades gave this advice, and urged the generals to remove to Sestos, they would not listen to him.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4)|Plutarch
When this tale begins the priestess of the temple of Venus at Sestos was a very beautiful maiden called Hero.
Half a Hundred Hero Tales|Various
It would be worth while, if mademoiselle were the daughter of Sestos.
The Road to Paris|Robert Neilson Stephens
Hero dwelt at Sestos; Leander lived at Abydos; and both were "exceeding fair stars of the two cities."
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)|John Addington Symonds

You must go to Sestos for your supplies; why not stay there altogether.
Callias|Alfred John Church

British Dictionary definitions for sestos

Sestos

/ (ˈsɛstɒs) /

noun

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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