Passage through the Hellespont
· Dardanelles (ancient Hellespont), Turkey
Wikimedia Commons · This work has been released into the public domain by its copyright holder. · file Ovid states that his ship carried him into the Hellespont during the journey to exile. Coordinate is a representative midpoint in the Dardanelles; AD 8 is inferred from the dated exile journey rather than stated in this verse.
