1) Ancient city in north egypt 2) Ancient ruins near Thebes 3) Greek colony in Mysia 4) Town 5) Town Leander swam from
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[Hellespont] Abydos (Ἄβῡδος), an ancient city of Troad (Troas), in Asia Minor, situated at Nara Burnu or Nagara Point on the best harbor on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont. Across Abydos lies Sestus on the European side, marking one of the narrowest points of the Dardanelles, slightly more than a nautical mile broad (the narrowe...
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ancient Anatolian town located just northeast of the modern Turkish town of Çanakkale on the east side of the Dardanelles (Hellespont). Probably ...
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Ancient city in Upper Egypt, cult centre of
Osiris and burial place of the kings of the 1st and 2nd dynasties. There are remains...
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Ancient town on the Asian shore of the Hellespont or Dardanelles in what is now Turkey. Facing it on the European side was Sestos. It was here that in 480 BC the Persian king Xerxes built his bridge...
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[
n] - an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles
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noun an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
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Ancient town in Upper Egypt, sacred to Osiris.
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probably the most important religious site in Egypt. There was a very famous temple there dedicated to Osiris. It is in southern Egypt, about 80km northwest of Luxor.
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an ancient ruined city in central Egypt, near Thebes: temples and necropolis. · an ancient town in NW Asia Minor, at the narrowest part of the Hellespont.
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