Today , it is the straits of hormuz , through which much of the world 's oil is carried , that has acquired the same strategic importance as the hellespont had for the athenians .
Only later did I read marlowe 's poem hero and leander that begins : " on hellespont , guilty of true love 's blood ...... "
直到后来，我才读了马洛的诗《海洛和利安德》，是这么开头的：“在赫勒斯滂，真爱之血有罪……”
In crossing the strait that divides europe from asia , helle became giddy and lost her hold , falling off the ram into the sea when she disobeyed a warning not to look down , the place thereafter became the hellespont which today separates greece and turkey .
