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Definition of Pontus
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus.
2. Noun. An ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire.
Group relationships: Anatolia, Asia Minor
Definition of Pontus
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) A god of the sea. ¹
2. Proper noun. An ancient region and kingdom on the southern coast of the Black Sea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pontus
Literary usage of Pontus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"THE HISTORY OF pontus. PLAN. TBII book includes the space of sixty years, which
is three years more than the reign of Mithridates; from the year of the ..."
2. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"pontus stands in the list of countries from which Jews and proselytes came to
Jerusalem to attend the Feast of Pentecost (Ac 2"). As the geographical names ..."
3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1845)
"He was descended from a house which had given a long succession of kings to the
kingdom of pontus. The first, according to some historians, ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1802)
"... of pontus which had been celebrated by the altars of ... and the kings ot
pontus were of tV loyn! race of tli! ..."
5. Ancient History by George Rawlinson (1887)
"It had been attached to his kingdom by Mithridates of pontus at the time of the
dissolution of the Persian Empire; but must have revolted about Bc 200, ..."
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