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Pontus

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Pon·tus  (pnts)
An ancient country of northeast Asia Minor along the southern coast of the Black Sea. Established in the fourth century b.c., it flourished under Mithridates VI until his defeat by Pompey of Rome in 66.
Pontic (-tk) adj.
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Noun1.PontusPontus - (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus
Pontos
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
2.Pontus - 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
Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey


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Sometimes they will try to raise commotions, sometimes they will rob the public, and then quarrel with each other, or else fight with those who endeavour to detect them; which was the case at Apollonia in Pontus.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
Quocunque adspicio, nihil est nisi pontus et aether;
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
She bare also the fruitless deep with his raging swell, Pontus, without sweet union of love.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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