Sestos

The sea which separates Sestos and Abydos, where the bridge was built, is seven furlongs over.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
The lighthouse at Sestos guided him; but one stormy night the light failed, and Hero waited for him in vain.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10)|James Edward Parrott
Sestos, the European fort, is also very strong seaward, but is commanded by a hill that rises behind it.
Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833|John Auldjo
Cotys, besieging Sestos, which still adhered to Ariobarzanes, broke up the siege and departed crestfallen.
Agesilaus|Xenophon

The other twelve escaped to Sestos, and thence finally reached Byzantium in safety.
Hellenica|Xenophon

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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