Φάρος
Pharos, lighthouse
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Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φάρος· ἀρσενικῶς λεγόμενος, τὸν ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ Φάρον σημαίνει· ὃν ἀνέστησεν ἐπὶ Πτολεμαίου βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου Σώστρατος Δεξιφάνους, Κνίδιος, ἐν Φάρῳ τῇ νήσῳ Πρωτέως· ὅτε καὶ Πύρρος ὁ ὑπὸ Ἀχιλλέως τὴν δυναστείαν τῆς Ἠπείρου παρείληφεν.
Betacode
*fa/ros: a)rsenikw=s lego/menos, to\n e)n *)alecandrei/a| *fa/ron shmai/nei: o(\n a)ne/sthsen e)pi\ *ptolemai/ou basile/ws *ai)gu/ptou *sw/stratos *decifa/nous, *kni/dios, e)n *fa/rw| th=| nh/sw| *prwte/ws: o(/te kai\ *pu/rros o( u(po\ *)axille/ws th\n dunastei/an th=s *)hpei/rou parei/lhfen.
Notes (2)
- For the Pharos, included in some lists of the Seven Wonders of the (Ancient) World, cf. iota 111.
- 1cf. generally Strabo 17.1.6 (web address 1). For 'Ptolemy' see next note. ↩
- 2For Pyrrhos and Achilles cf. Plutarch, Pyrrhos 7.7. This date in the 290s, which would make the 'Ptolemy' of the previous sentence Ptolemy I Soter, appears to conflict with Eusebius' assertion that the Pharos was built under Ptolemy II Philadelphus; modern scholars believe that Ptolemy I began the project and his son completed it c.20 years later. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 penelope.uchicago.edu
Linked from2 entries
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