Crossword-Solution: HELLESPONT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hellespont | n. | A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “HELLESPONT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Anc. name of the Dardanelles. | 1 answer |
| DARDANELLES | 1 answer |
| DARDANELLES strait, former name of the | 1 answer |
| Dardanelles' former name | 1 answer |
| LESBOS Island river | 1 answer |
| Where Leander floundered | 1 answer |
| PHRYGIAN river | 5 answers |
| Asia Minor river | 7 answers |
| DARDANELLES END | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with HELLESPONT (5)
They have enough oil, gas and resources, but they crave a port that isn't con- trolled by the Americans such as in the Black Sea and through the Hellespont.
What do you mean? My meaning may be learned from Homer; he, you know, feeds his heroes at their feasts, when they are campaigning, on soldiers' fare; they have no fish, although they are on the shores of the Hellespont, and they are not allowed boiled meats but only roast, which is the food most convenient for soldiers, requiring only that they should light a fire, and not involving the trouble of carrying about pots and pans.
Let gardens with the breath of saffron flowers Allure them, and the lord of Hellespont, Priapus, wielder of the willow-scythe, Safe in his keeping hold from birds and thieves.
Still in the dawnlit waters cool His ghostly Lordship swims his pool, And tries the strokes, essays the tricks, Long learnt on Hellespont, or Styx.
The other fellows are here too, only you can't see them; and we're just going through the Hellespont, so don't you come bothering.” And once more he plied the wine-dark sea.
Quotes with HELLESPONT (1)
When I review Xerxes' achievements, I praise him, not for having yoked the Hellespont, but for having crossed it. But I can see that Nero will neither sail through the Isthmus nor complete his digging.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1968–2001).