Threshold   Hellespont   spans   Euro-Asian  Threshold . Byron's Hero   laps  '...  a certain shore '   Birch and Oak leaves Rustle Oracular...  Dione  and Zeus Share Grove at  Dodona .   Persian  Xerxes   bestows   Pathos   Magic ,  scourges  Three Hundred  lashes, chains and brands  recalcitrant, rebellious Hellespont, enthralls