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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pharos #70190 05/17/2002 12:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I think the island was named for the lighthouse.Hard to tell which came first, the hen or the egg. http://www.btinternet.com/~k.trethewey/pharos1.html http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/pharos.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: pharos #70191 05/18/2002 5:28 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Pharos was the name of the island first. According to Liddle and Scott (http://makeashorterlink.com/?T187144E) the island is mentioned by that name in the Oddyssey, long before the famous lighthouse was built. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: pharos #70192 05/18/2002 1:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Thanks, Bingley. Old Odysseus sure was a lousy navigator, wasn't he. Twenty years to get home, and he hit every other port in the Mediterranean before he could find Ithaca. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: pharos #70193 05/19/2002 3:50 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1 Tirlas stranger Tirlas stranger Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1 well.. dinosaurs were around a bit.. so I'd say the egg was first Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: pharos #70194 05/19/2002 1:29 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here is URL to a site that gives map of Pharos Island, with location of the lighthouse. You have to scroll down and click on Guide to historic locations: http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/alexandria/history/ Another site with a lot of information about Pharos. Name said to have orginally= Pharoah's http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/pharos.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,463 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,272 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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