 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1848 - 512 σελίδες
...mariner's course. On the lighthouse was the following inscription in Greek, " Sostratus of Cnidus, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours ; for the benefit of sailors." It has been said that Sostratus secretly covered this inscription with cement, and placed... | |
 | 1856 - 666 σελίδες
...architect had put over the inscription wore away, and then the inscription appeared thus — " Sosastrus, the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of those who travel by sea." " The tower of Pharos has long been demolished. Pharos was at first an island at the... | |
 | Humphrey Prideaux - 1851 - 814 σελίδες
...inscription, which was first read, was according as it was ordered, and truly ascribed the work to king Ptolemy its proper founder ; but in process of...itself. This tower hath been demolished for some ages it might he seen at the distance of a han- every side, and of the height of four hundred miles. Though... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1851 - 700 σελίδες
...decayed by time, Ptolemy's name disappeared, and the following inscription then became visible : — " Sostratus the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." About 280 Bc PHARSALIA, BATTLE OF. Between Julius Caesar and Pompey, in which the former... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1851 - 752 σελίδες
...time, Ptolemy's name disappeared, and the following inscription ,hen became visible; — " Sostratns the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours for the benefit of sailors." About 280 B. c. PHARSALIA, BATTLE OP, between Julius Caesar and Pompey, in which the former... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1853 - 776 σελίδες
...decayed by time, Ptolemy's name disappeared, and the following inscription then became visible ; — "Sostratus the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." About 280 B. c. PHARSALIA, BATTLE OF, between Julius Caesar and Pompey. in which the former... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1857 - 764 σελίδες
...Ptolemy's name disappeared, nnd the following inscription then became visible :—"Sostratus the Cnidiau, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." About 280 Bc obtained a great and memorable victory, glorious to Csesar in all its consequences.... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1857 - 332 σελίδες
...island Pharos, whence the tower derived its name. It bore the inscription, " Sostratus of Cnidos, the son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of seamen." The geographer mentions the neighbouring shores as low, encumbered with shoals and snares,... | |
 | Humphrey Prideaux - 1858 - 684 σελίδες
...to himself by this fraudulent device. The inscription ordered to be set on it being, " King Ptolemy, to the gods the saviours, for the benefit of those who pass by sea ; " instead of Ptolemy's name, he craftily engraved his own in the solid marble, and then, filling... | |
 | 1867 - 494 σελίδες
...name disappeared, and the following inscription then became visible : — " Sostratus the Cnidicm, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." • Alexandria is still a place of considerable trade, being the chief port by which the... | |
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... inscription.' When the mortar had decayed by time, Ptolemy's name disappeared, and the following inscription then became visible;— " Sostratus the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors. 
