Pontus

(pon'tus.) (Anc. Geog.) An anc. kingdom of N.E. Asia Minor, b. N. by the Euxine, W. by Paphlagonia and Galatia, S.by Cappadocia and part of Armenia, and E. by Colchis. Its most celebrated ruler was Mithridates. q. v. [s. 722]