Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at pharos.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Pharos.

Examples

  • Pharos is an open-source evaluation system for products and materials.

    GREENBUILD DENVER: The Chemistry of Green Building | Inhabitat 2006

  • There is an island in the stormy sea in front of Egypt—They call it Pharos.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • There is an island in the stormy sea in front of Egypt—They call it Pharos.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • There is an island in the stormy sea in front of Egypt—They call it Pharos.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • "One of the first great light-houses was built ages ago on an island called Pharos at the mouth of the Nile, not far from the great port of Alexandria, " said Julian.

    Five Go To Demon's Rock Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1983

  • The island is called Pharos, and it is distant a day's voyage from the river's mouth.

    Stories from the Odyssey

  • Said Menelaus, 'Over against the river that flows out of Egypt there is an Island that men call Pharos, and to that island I came with my ships when we, the heroes who had fought at Troy, were separated one from the other.

    The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926

  • SAID Menelaus, ‘Over against the river that flows out of Egypt there is an Island that men call Pharos, and to that island I came with my ships when we, the heroes who had fought at Troy, were separated one from the other.

    Part I. Chapter IX 1918

  • Now off Egypt, about as far as a ship can sail in a day with a good stiff breeze behind her, there is an island called Pharos — it has a good harbour from which vessels can get out into open sea when they have taken in water — and the gods becalmed me twenty days without so much as a breath of fair wind to help me forward.

    The Odyssey 1900

  • Egypt, about as far as a ship can sail in a day with a good stiff breeze behind her, there is an island called Pharos -- it has a good harbour from which vessels can get out into open sea when they have taken in water -- and here the gods becalmed me twenty days without so much as a breath of fair wind to help me forward.

    The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.