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BLACK CLOAKS, see MELANCHLAENI BLACK GULF AND RIVER (ὁ Μέλας κόλπος, ποταμός)

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ALISON LANSKI

University of Notre Dame

Herodotus refers to the sea between the Hellespontine CHERSONESE and Cape Sarpedon (BA 51 H3; Müller II, 878–80) as the Black (Melas) Gulf (6.41.1, 7.58.3; modern Saros Körfezi), and the river at the head of the gulf as the Black River (7.58.3; modern Kavak Suyu). XERXES’ invasion force in 480 BCE drinks the Black River dry, which shows the size of the Persian army and their domination over nature. There were numerous RIVERS named Melas in antiquity.

SEE ALSO: Black River (Central Greece); Miltiades the Elder; Persian Wars; Sarpedon, Cape

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