Pontus
Appearance
PontusorPontosmay refer to:
- Short Latin name for thePontus Euxinus,the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea)
- Pontus (mythology),a sea god in Greek mythology
- Pontus (region),on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern-day Turkey
- Kingdom of Pontusor Pontic Empire, a state founded in 281 BC
- Diocese of Pontus,a diocese of the later Roman Empire
- Republic of Pontus,a proposed Pontic Greek state discussed in 1919
- Pontus (given name),a Swedish masculine given name
- Pontos (film),a 2008 dramatic short film
See also
[edit]- Pontic Greeks,Pontian Greeks or Pontians, an ethnically Greek group who traditionally lived in the region of the Black Sea
- Bithynia and Pontus,a Roman province
- Pontic (disambiguation),the corresponding adjective