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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Example Sentences

My father told him he had no wish to see his native land again, since he had seen at Sestos that which an unhappy destiny had rendered dearer than the soil of his nativity.

From A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by Ross, William A.

A stately-builded ship, well rigg'd and tall, The ocean maketh more majestical; Why vow'st thou, then, to live in Sestos here, Who on Love's seas more glorious wouldst appear?

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

It holds its anchors with untiring cables, Like those with which proud Xerxes bound the strait Which between Sestos and Abydos foams.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Aby′dos, 1, an ancient city of Asia Minor, on the Hellespont, at the narrowest part of the strait, opposite Sestos.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide 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