Pindar, Olympian Odes VII, 69-71 T O the average person the name Rhodes means little more than the title of an impressive scholarship and a place connected with one of the Seven Wonders. Western Anatolia II4 Preface Out of the swirling sea came forth an island, held by the father of the sharp rays, ruler of the fire-breathing horses lying there with the nymph Rhodes he got seven sons, who showed the wisest minds among men of old, and of these one got Camirus, lalysus, the eldest, and Lindus apart from one another they held, with the land of their father divided in three, their share of cities, their abodes being named after themselves. APPENDIXES The First Contact with Rome 233 2. The Third Macedonian War 179 Contents The End of Rhodian Independence I95 I I. The Lycian Revolt and a Bride for Perseus 167 9.
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