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Headword: *fa/ros
Adler number: phi,114
Translated headword: Pharos, lighthouse
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
When expressed as a masculine it means the Pharos in Alexandria; the one which, when Ptolemy was king of Egypt, Sostratos son of Dexiphanes of Knidos erected on Pharos, the island of Proteus;[1] also when Pyrrhos took over the rule of Epeiros [bequeathed to him] by Achilles.[2]
Greek Original:
*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:
For the Pharos, included in some lists of the Seven Wonders of the (Ancient) World, cf. iota 111.
[1] cf. generally Strabo 17.1.6 (web address 1). For 'Ptolemy' see next note.
[2] For 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.
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Keywords: architecture; biography; chronology; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; history; mythology; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 November 2001@07:06:40.
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David Whitehead (added keyword) on 6 September 2002@12:48:53.
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