Pontus


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Related to Pontus: Galatia, Pontius Pilate, Parthia
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(Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea

an ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea

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It was revived by the 16th-century French group of poets known as La Pleiade, particularly Pontus de Tyard.
Leeds look set for the play-offs, but Liam Cooper, Pontus Jansson and Pablo Hernandez were voted into the PFA XI before defeats to Wigan and Brentford.
Also, Betsson's board has decided to appoint Pontus Lindwall CEO of Betsson until a new CEO has been recruited.
Leeds have added nine to their squad and turned the loan spells of Pontus Jansson and Hadi Sacko into permanent moves.
This time Brady Kurtz and Pontus Aspgren made the gate leaving the Diamond at the back behind his partner Lewis Kerr with the home side now 11-7 up.
Josh Grajczonek proved an inspired guest at No 1 for the visitors, dropping just one point to a home rider, while in contrast Ulrich Ostergaard - pipped on the line by Pontus Aspegren after holding him at bay for four laps - faded after a bright start and Aaron Summers had a night of more downs than ups.
Film, and Pontus Lidberg's Labyrinth Within (see "When the Camera Is Your Partner," April).
Both songs were the brainchild of songwriter Cathy Dennis, who worked with Robert Davis on Can't Get You Out Of My Head and Henrik Jonback, Pontus Winnberg and Christian Karlsson on Toxic.
Pontus: Nothing has really been that thought out, but we really like real stuff and really like real effects.
Heading up the list of favourites from entries received will be the UAEbased and handicappers Ahmad Al Musharrekh, Joel Neale and Pontus Fredriksson.
Pontus, associate director of health and safety for the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
Norwich star Mattias Jonson and Monaco midfielder Pontus Farnerud are crocked and will not make the trip to Easter Road.
Despite the domestic turbulence, Rome continued to devote considerable energy to other overseas enemies like Jugurtha that threatened an ever-wider sphere of Roman interests, from the Cilician pirates to Mithridates, king of Pontus in Asia Minor.
Pontus de Tyard, a lesser-known member of the Pleiade poets of mid-sixteenth-century France, was deeply influenced by the concerns of his comrades and contemporaries about the elemental remoteness of all "reality" and the resulting "semiosic drift" undermining any attempt to denote it.