THE BOSPHORUS
The name of the short strait joining j the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora I is made up of the Greek words bos ! (ox) and poros <a ford) and thus is a j Greek version of the English. Oxford. I According to legend. Zeus fell in love | with Io and changed her into a heifer j to protect her from the jealous wrath , of Hera. In the course of her wanderI ings, pursued by the gadfly sent by i ' Hera. Io swam across the strait and j 1 from this event the waterway took its j j present name.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 6 August 1941, Page 8
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103THE BOSPHORUS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 6 August 1941, Page 8
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