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	Cnidus
		Knidos or Cnidus (modern-day Tekir in Turkey) is an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, once part of the country of Caria.
		It is situated at the extremity of the long peninsula that forms the southern side of the Sinus Ceramicus or Gulf of Kos (Cos).
		Sostratus of Cnidus the son of Dexiphanes, the builder of the celebrated Pharos at Alexandria,
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Cnidus.html (600 words)

	Library of Alexandria - 7 Wonders of the World - Crystalinks (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The building was designed by Sostratus of Cnidus (Greel Sostratos of Knidos or the Cnidian) in the 3rd century BC, after having been initiated by Satrap (governor) Ptolemy I of Egypt, Egypt's first Hellenistic ruler and a general of Alexander the Great.
		But the architect left the following inscription on the base's walls nonetheless: Sostratus, the son of Dexiphanes, the Cnidian, dedicated (or erected) this to the Saviour Gods, on behalf of those who sail the seas.
		The Pharos' walls were strengthened in order to withstand the pounding of the waves through the use of molten lead to hold its masonry together, and possibly as a result the building survived the longest of the Seven Wonders - with the sole exception of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
	www.crystalinks.com.cob-web.org:8888 /lighthousealexandria.html (859 words)

	TMTh:: SOSTRATUS OF CNIDUS
		A native of Cnidus, in Caria (Asia Minor), Sostratus was the son of Dexiphanes, the architect of the Tetra Stadium in Alexandria.
		Inscribed on the tower was the legend "Sostratus son of Dexiphanes of Cnidus to the gods who protect those at sea".
		Renovated in the early years of the 19th century, this fort was razed by the English in 1882.
	www.tmth.edu.gr /en/aet/6/87.html (522 words)

	Classics in Contemporary Culture: The Lessons of Sostratus of Cnidus (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Willy Trolove, in the New Zealand Herald, cites the story of the dedicatory inscription on the Pharos of Alexandria to illuminate...something that I fear may only be comprehensible to followers of NZ politics:
		But the king of Egypt, Ptolemy II, being a self-centred sort of bloke, decreed that unless the Pharos was dedicated to himself, Sostratus would lose his head.
		Sostratus dared not defy the king but he didn't want to dedicate his immortal structure to such a prize oaf.
	semperegoauditor.typepad.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ccc/2004/11/the_lessons_of_.html (165 words)

	Lighthouse of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The building was designed by Sostratus of Cnidus (Greek: Σώστρατος Κνίδιος - Sostratos of Knidos or the Cnidian) in the 3rd century BC, after having been initiated by Satrap (governor) Ptolemy I of Egypt, Egypt's first Hellenistic ruler and a general of Alexander the Great.
		But the architect left the following inscription on the base's walls nonetheless: Sostratus, the son of Dexiphanes, the Cnidian, dedicated (or erected) this to the Saviour Gods, on behalf of those who sail the seas (the original Greek inscription
		Fort Qaitbey was built on the site of the Pharos in the 15th Century, using some of its fallen masonry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pharos_of_Alexandria (1023 words)

	Pharos (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Pharos of Alexandria was also a demonstration of the world’s knowledge, incorporating within its design and construction, the best technology of the age (some of which has been lost, and which may in fact exceed some of our modern day technology).
		The Lighthouse of Alexandria was built circa 280 B.C.E. by Sostratus of Cnidus for Ptolemy II on the eastern tip of the island of Pharos in the harbor of
		It was said to have risen more than 440 feet and had been built in three stages, all sloping slightly inward.
	www.halexandria.org.cob-web.org:8888 /dward009.htm (430 words)

	The Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		by E.S. "Sostratus, the son of Dexiphanes, the Cnidian, dedicated this to the Saviour Gods, on behalf of those who sail the seas."
		The Lighthouse of Alexandria was the most recently built Wonder, having been built in 280 BCE by Sostratus of Cnidus on the island of Pharos.
		Pharos was located in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt and was linked to the mainland by a long viaduct (King 4).
	www.richeast.org.cob-web.org:8888 /htwm/Greeks/wonders/pharos.html (435 words)

	Sostratus of Cnidus
		The Pharos and Ptolemy II in an Egyptian Stamp from 1998
		Sostratus, the son of Dexiphanes, the Cnidian, dedicated this to the Saviour Gods, on behalf of those who sail the seas.
		Dedicatory inscription of the Lighthouse, completed around 280-279 BC.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/SostratusOfCnidus.html (148 words)

	The Pharos at Alexandria: The Seventh Wonder of the Ancient World
		Later on, it would become a defensive monument as well.
		The Pharos at Alexandria was designed by the Greek Sostratus of Cnidus.
		It was constructed of a light-colored stone that was reinforced with molten lead.
	ancienthistory.suite101.com /article.cfm/the_pharos_at_alexandria (615 words)

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