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Hellespont (strait)

The Hellespont is a narrow strait of northwestern Turkey that connects the Aegean Sea to the Propontis (Sea of Marmara). It is known today as the Dardanelles. Pseudo-Apollodorus records a myth that seems to have been widespread in antiquity: the Hellespont got its name by being the place where Helle, sister of Phrixus, fell off the flying golden ram.

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