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πρὸς ἑσπέρην: westward to the Aegean, and then northward to Cape Sarpedon (now Cape Gremia or Paxi), the northern end of the gulf Melas (now Saros).

τὸν Ἕλλης Τάφον. The accepted tradition was that Helle fell into the Hellespont, but according to Hellanicus (fr. 88, F. H. G. i. 57) she died at Pactya, near which her tomb must have been.

Ἀγορή: at the northern end of the Chersonese (Dem. de Halon. § 40, p. 93), between Pactya on the Hellespont and Cardia on the gulf Melas (Scylax, 67; vi. 36, 41).

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