The narrow water passage separating Europe from Asia.
During the Trojan War, Akamas and Peiroos commanded an undisclosed number of Trojan allies from Thrace within the bounds of the Hellespont.
The Hellespont—Helle's Sea—was named after a young woman who drowned in the narrow water passage between the Aigean Sea and the Propontis. Two generations before the Trojan War, Hella and her brother Phrixus were fleeing the machinations of their stepmother, Ino. The god Hermes gave Hella and Phrixus a flying ram with a golden fleece to make their escape. Hella fell from the ram's back and drowned. Phrixus flew on to Kolkhis (Colchis) at the eastern edge of the Black Sea and placed the golden fleece in the Grove of Ares. A generation later, Ieson (Jason) and the Argonauts retrieved the golden fleece and took it back to Greece.
The Hellespont is now is called the Dardanelles.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 845; book 7, line 86; book 9, line 360; book 12, line 30; book 15, line 233; book 17, line 432; book 18, line 150; book 23, line 2; book 24, lines 346, 545 |