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[836] Σηστόν: on the Thracian Chersonese, opposite Abydus. Here Xerxes bridged the Hellespont, Hdt. vii. 33. Here, too, Leander of Abydus swam the Hellespont to visit his love, Hero, the priestess of Sestus.

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