place
Sestos
City on the European shore of the Hellespont, home of Hero, opposite Abydos.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §18 Sestos
Hero's city on the European shore; Leander longs for one land to hold them both.
- Sorrows §1.10 Sestos
Sestos on the European shore of the Hellespont, opposite Abydos; Hero's town in the Leander legend.