The New Student's Reference Work/Pontus

Pon′tus, the name given by the ancient Greeks to a country in the northeast of Asia Minor, bordering on the Pontus Euxinus (whence its name) and extending from Halys River in the west to the frontiers of Colchis and Armenia in the east. The name seems to have come into use after the era of Alexander the Great. See Mithradates.