- 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...
- came to be used for the sea itself. The Gr****s
named the
Marmara Sea "
Propontis" by
combining two words: "pro" and "pontis". In Gr****, "pro"
means "before"...
- 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...
- and was
renamed Propontis,
after the Sea of Marmara. She was
placed under the
management of A M Embiricos, Monaco. In 1957,
Propontis was sold to Compagnie...
-
Saint Glyceria (Gr****: Γλυκερία; died ca. 177 in Perinthus,
Propontis) was a
Roman virgin of the
early church.
According to
Christian tradition, she was...
-
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...
-
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...
- year, a much
larger force devastated large areas of
Bithynia and the
Propontis,
including the
cities of Chalcedon, Nicomedia, Nicaea,
Apamea Myrlea,...
