 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 674 pages
...inscription on the mortar, while underneath he cut, in the solid marble, the following inscription, " Sostratus the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the Gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." In process of time the mortar wore off, the first inscription dis. appeared along with it,... | |
 | William Stevenson - 1824 - 674 pages
...inscription on the mortar, while underneath he cut, in the solid marble, the following inscription, " Sostratus the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the Gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." In process of time the mortar wore off, the first inscription disappeared along with it,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 686 pages
...inscription on the mortar, while underneath he cut, in the solid marble, the following inscription, " Sostratus the Cnidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the Gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." In process of time the mortar wore off, the first inscription disappeared along with it,... | |
 | Francesco Milizia - 1826 - 462 pages
...following the outline of the rock. On the Pharos was this inscription in Greek: — " Sostratus of Cnidus, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." Some accounts state that Sostratus, after having secretly covered this inscription with cement,... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...solid marble, and then filling up the hollow of the engraved letters with mortar, wrote upon it as he was directed. So the inscription, which was first...appeared to be thus : ' Sostratus, the Cnidian, son of Dexiplmnes, to the gods the saviours, for the benefit of those who pass by sea ; ' which, being in... | |
 | 1838 - 272 pages
...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." Dexiphanes, was he who made the causeway mentioned above. This light-house is alluded to... | |
 | 1838 - 274 pages
...name disappeared, and the following inscription then became visible; — " Sostratus, the Cuidian, son of Dexiphanes, to the gods, the saviours, for the benefit of sailors." Dexiphanes, was he who made the causeway mentioned above. This light-house is alluded to... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 pages
...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... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1848 - 512 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
