place
the Hellespont
Hellespont
also: Ἑλλήσποντος
The strait by whose shore the Achaeans raised Achilles's great funeral mound, visible far off to sailors.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.807 Hellespont
The strait by whose shore the Achaean camp and ships lie throughout the siege, and beside which Achilles's funeral mound is later raised.
- The Odyssey §24.57 the wide Hellespont
The strait on whose jutting headland the Achaeans heaped Achilles's burial mound, set high so that it could be seen far off from the sea by men then living and men yet to come.