Kilyos

When the ancient Greeks first reached the Black Sea, they named it Pontos Axeinos, “the inhospitable sea”. With its misty air, sudden storms and wild waves, this sea can hardly have shown a friendly face to sailors used to the calm waters of the Mediterranean… In time, as colonies sprang up along its shores, they changed its name too: Pontos Euxeinos, “the hospitable sea”. The sea was the same sea; what had changed, perhaps, were the eyes that looked upon it.