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Livius Picture Archive: the Hellespont (Dardanelles) |
 | | The entrance of the Hellespont, which connects the Aegean Sea in the southwest to the Sea of Marmara and Black Sea in the northeast, seen from the tumulus of Demetrius near Troy, one of the possible locations of the tomb of Achilles. |
| | Because the waters from the Black Sea have the Hellespont as their only outlet, ships moving to the northeast, encounter great difficulties. |
| | The Hellespont at Aigospotamoi, seen from the Asian side. |
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