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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Black Sea
A body of water that was originally called Axenos (or Axine) by the ancient Greeks and then later called Euxine or Pontos Euxinus or simply Pontos; the word Axenos literally means, “an inhospitable place” but the name Euxine means, “kind to strangers.”
Approximately 178,000 square miles (461,018 square kilometers) in area.
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