place
Pontus (the Black Sea)
the Pontus
also: Pontos, the Black Sea
The Black Sea, whose steady one-way outflow through the Bosporus Lucretius cites as proof that a fluid can flow with one even current.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §5.30 the Pontus
The Black Sea, whose steady outflow through the Bosporus is cited as proof that a fluid can flow with one even current.
- On the Nature of Things §6.31 Pontus
The Black Sea region, used as a geographic extreme contrasted with Gades.