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Abydos

noun
1.
An ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander.





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"Abydos" Quotes from Famous Books



... gentleman was saying as Carlton came up, "that when you pass by Abydos, on the way to Athens, you will see where Leander swam the Hellespont to meet Hero. That little white light-house is called Leander in honor of him. It makes rather an interesting contrast—does it not?—to think of that chap swimming along in the dark, and then to find that ...
— The Princess Aline • Richard Harding Davis
... that in which, according to the common account, the battle of Salamis was fought (480 B.C.), there occurred a phenomenon which is thus adverted to by Herodotus[44]—"At the first approach of Spring the army quitted Sardis and marched towards Abydos; at the moment of its departure the Sun suddenly quitted its place in the heavens and disappeared though there were no clouds in sight and the day was quite clear; day was thus turned into night." We are told[45] ...
— The Story of Eclipses • George Chambers


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