Sostratus

Sostratus in Wikipedia

Sostratus (Σώστρατος Sostratos) may refer to: Sostratus of Cnidus Sostratus of Cnidus (born 3rd century BC), was a Greek architect and engineer. He designed the lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World (ca.280 BC), on the island of Pharos off Alexandria, Egypt. Sostratus of Dyme Sostratus (Σώστρατος) was a Greek mythologic...

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Sostrătus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

(Σώστρατος). The son of Dexiphanes, of Cnidus. He was one of the great architects who flourished during and after the life of Alexander the Great. He built for Ptolemy I. of Egypt the great Pharos or light-house at Alexandria, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and also erected at Cnidus a portico supporting a terrace (Pliny , Pliny H...

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