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PRONUNCIATION OF SESTOS

Sestos  [ˈsɛstɒs] play
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Sestos is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SESTOS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Sestos

Sestos or Sestus was an ancient Greek town of the Thracian Chersonese, the modern Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey. Situated on the Hellespont opposite Abydos, it was the home of Hero in the legend of Hero and Leander, where according to legend she lived in a tower overlooking the sea. Sestos was an Aeolian colony, as it was founded by settlers from Lesbos. The ruins of the town are near to the modern settlement of Eceabat. In 480 BC, Xerxes' army crossed at this point on two temporary pontoon bridges later known as Xerxes' Pontoon Bridges, and most of Alexander the Great's forces went the other way here by boat in 334 BC. In 1810 Lord Byron swam from Sestos to Abydos in four hours, recreating Leander's feat, and wrote a poem thereafter. This event is commemorated every year with an annual swim event that recreates the crossing. Little now remains of the ancient town of Sestos. Marble decree from Sestos in the British Museum...

Definition of Sestos in the English dictionary

The definition of Sestos in the dictionary is a ruined town in NW Turkey, at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles: N terminus of the bridge of boats built by Xerxes in 481 bc for the crossing of his armies of invasion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SESTOS


asbestos
æsˈbɛstɒs
betoss
bɪˈtɒs
cestos
ˈsɛstɒs
custos
ˈkʌstɒs
Hephaistos
hɪˈfaɪstɒs
nostos
ˈnɒstɒs
periaktos
ˌpɛrɪˈæktɒs
ringtoss
ˈrɪŋˌtɒs
stoss
stɒs
Thanatos
ˈθænəˌtɒs
toss
tɒs
uptoss
ʌpˈtɒs

WORDS THAT END LIKE SESTOS

Barbados
blue asbestos
Campos
Carlos
chaos
Comoros
cos
Davos
Eos
Fray Bentos
Gros
Iquitos
Jos
Laos
logos
lotos
Marcos
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Santos
xystos

Synonyms and antonyms of Sestos in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Sestos
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सेस्टोस
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SESTOS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SESTOS» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SESTOS»

Discover the use of Sestos in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Sestos and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Greek Settlements in Thrace Until the Macedonian Conquest
Sestos As in the case of Madytos, various sources indicate the approximate location of Sestos. The importance of Sestos is due to the fact that between Abydos and Sestos the Hellespont is at its narrowest. As noted by Herodotos, the bridge of ...
Benjamin H. Isaac, 1986
2
The Geography of Strabo
Sestos is the finest2 city in the Cherronesus, and from its proximity to Abydos was placed under the command of the same governor, at a time when the same limits were not assigned to the governments and to the continents. Sestos and ...
Strabo, 1856
3
Black Bart Roberts: The Greatest Pirate of Them All
1721 23 Guilty - hung at Cape Corso Castle April 11th, 1722 Peter Lesley Aberdeen Onslow at Sestos Aug. 1721 21 Guilty - hung at Cape Corso (Lashley) RF April 16th, 1722 Thomas Watkins RF Onslow at Sestos Aug. 1721 Acquitted Philip ...
Breverton, Terry
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Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
Sestos This small Greek city on the European shore of the HELLESPONT is situated midway along the strait, at the narrowest section. Sestos was the fortress of the Hellespont, with a hilltop citadel whose walls ran down to flank the best harbor ...
David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, Lisa R. Brody, 2009
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A System of Ancient and Mediæval Geography for the Use of ...
Sestos, to the northeast, and always considered, from its situation on the Hellespont, as a most important city, as it commanded, in a great measure, that narrow channel. It appears to have been founded at an early period by some . Eolians, as ...
Charles Anthon, 1855
6
The Companion Guide to Istanbul and Around the Marmara
About 18 kilometres farther along we come to the site of ancient Sestos; this is on a bay at the beginning of the Narrows opposite Cape Nagara, the site of ancient Abydos. Both were Greek colonies founded in the seventh century BC, Sestos ...
John Freely, 2000
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Articles on 479 BC, Including: Battle of Mycale, Sestos, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Strabo on the Troad
tower opposite Sestos"? The latter problem is simple. It can only mean that, as the harbour of Abydos lay in the innermost part of Nagara Bay at the foot of the hills, it was necessary to coast along the north side of the bay as far as Nagara Point; ...
Strabo, Walter Leaf
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Athenian Settlements of the Fourth Century B.C.
Later Sestos was re-taken, from a base of Abydos, on the Persian side of. 15 In 357/6 the allied city of Elaious was praised in an Athenian resolution; see E. Schweigert, Hesperia 8 (1939) 12-17 no.4.15-17. Also see, briefly, Walbank,^//fi 3  ...
Jack Cargill, 1995
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The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid ...
So the former sailed off, while the Athenians crossed from Abydos into the Chersonese and besieged Sestos" (1 15) In this place Sestos, being the best fortified in the region, people from the towns around gathered, as soon as they heard that ...
A. Kuhrt, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SESTOS»

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I "Retrattos" di Alessandro Spiga in mostra a Sassari
SASSARI. Il Museo Nazionale "G.A Sanna" di Sassari, ospita fino al 19 Aprile la mostra del fotografo cagliaritano Alessandro Spiga "Retrattos e Sestos, abiti e ... «La Nuova Sardegna, Apr 15»
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Sestos 2015. Aspettando la “Ittiri folk festa”
Nell'ambito delle manifestazioni promosse dall'Associazione Folclorica e culturale Ittiri Cannedu il Museo Nazionale Archeologico Etnografico “G.A. Sanna” di ... «SassariNotizie.com, Mar 15»
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Ittiri Cannedu propone Sestos: l'abbigliamento tradizionale della …
In attesa della 30^ edizione di Ittiri Folk Festa, l'Associazione Culturale e Folklorica “Ittiri Cannedu” propone “SESTOS” convegno che affronta aspetti e ... «BuongiornoAlghero.it, Mar 15»
4
Tarihi Milli Park üstü yol!
Bunlardan birisi olan Gelibolu Eceabat duble yolu, Gelibolu Yarımadası Tarihi Milli Park'ının içinden, Sestos Antik kentinin ise sit sınırlarından geçiyor. «Gerçek Gündem, Dec 14»
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Grepolis: Neue Welt Sestos eingeführt
Mit dem heutigen Tag öffnet die inzwischen 64. Welt in Grepolis ihre Pforten für alle interessierten Spieler. Sie trägt den Namen Sestos, abgeleitet von der ... «BILDspielt, Mar 14»
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Domani a Ittiri si apre "Sestos" dedicato all'abito tradizionale sardo
ITTIRI. Aspettando Ittiri Folk Festa, l'associazione culturale e folklorica "Ittiri Cannedu" propone domani, sabato 29 marzo, a Ittiri la quinta edizione di "Sestos. «SassariNotizie.com, Mar 14»
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La Clemenza di Tito
Als Sestos Schwester Servilia, die Tito als künftige Gemahlin auserwählt hat, ihm mitteilt, dass sie Sestos Freund Annio liebe, ist Tito bereit auf Servilia zu ... «Online Musik Magazin, Nov 13»
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Çanakkale'ye ilk köprü Milattan Önce yapılmış
Körpe, şu anda Akbaş Limanı'nın bulunduğu yerin antik Sestos kentinin de ... dile getiren Körpe, ''Sestos'un yalnızca Çanakkale Boğazı'na bakan bölümü yok. «Haber7.com, Oct 12»
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In praise of - John Donne.
In Love's Progress he describes "the straight Hellespont between/The Sestos and Abydos of her breasts", which is as good an application of a classical ... «Herald Scotland, Feb 12»
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Shooting May Have Been Sparked By Sidewalk Chalk
The shooting occurred at about 4 p.m. in front of a home on Sestos Drive, located on the city's south side. According to police, four children were using chalk to ... «10TV, Apr 09»

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