- μάρμᾰρον, mármaron 'marble'). In
classical antiquity, it was
known as the
Propontis, from the Gr****
words pro 'before' and
pontos 'sea',
reflecting the fact...
-
Lydia on the south,
Aeolis on the southwest,
Troad on the west, and the
Propontis on the north. In
ancient times it was
inhabited by the Mysians, Phrygians...
- Aspar, and
ended near the
Church of the
Theotokos of the
Rhabdos on the
Propontis coast,
somewhere between the
later sea
gates of St. Aemili**** and Psamathos...
-
Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus' was an
attack by the Rus' on
cities on the
Propontis (Sea of Marmara) and on the
coast of the Paphlagonia,
marking the first...
-
revolt actually spread further. The
Ionians sent men to the ****espont and
Propontis and
captured Byzantium and the
other nearby cities. They also persuaded...
- Southern, and
Propontis. The
Propontis dialect was
spoken in what was
formerly a
Tsakonian colony on the Sea of
Marmara (or
Propontis; two
villages near...
-
colonies in the
region of the
Black Sea and
Propontis were
founded in the 7th
century BC. In the area of
Propontis, the
Megarans founded the
cities of Astacus...
- there,
nevertheless built the
Palace of
Hebdomon on the s**** of the
Propontis near the
Golden Gate,
probably for use when
reviewing troops. All the...
- and
twenty furlongs in length,
reaching from the Euxine, to the
Propontis. The
Propontis is five
hundred furlongs across and
fourteen hundred long. Its...
-
after king
Prusias I of Bithynia, was an
ancient Gr**** city
bordering the
Propontis (now
known as the Sea of Marmara), in
Bithynia and in
Mysia (in modern...
