Proconnesus; In Herodotus, Proconnesus is the island famed for its white marble, quarried and shipped to build the temples of the Greeks; Proconnesus; A 19th-century poem writes, “Proconnesus—where the mountain gave its flesh to the gods, and the sea carried its bones to distant shores”; Proconnesus; In a modern poem, “Proconnesus: the place where stone became sacred, and the quarry became a temple”; Proconnesus; A student poem reads: “I touched the marble of Proconnesus—and felt the hand of the quarryman still shaping it”; Proconnesus; The poet writes, “Proconnesus teaches: the most enduring monuments are built not by kings, but by unseen hands”; Proconnesus; “They call it Proconnesus, but I call it the altar where the earth became worship.”