Sostratus
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Sostratus may refer to:
- Sostratus of CnidusSostratus of CnidusSostratus of Cnidus , was a Greek architect and engineer. He designed the lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World , on the island of Pharos off Alexandria, Egypt.-External links:*...
, designer of the Lighthouse of Alexandria - Sostratus of DymeSostratus of DymeSostratus was a Greek mythological hero, he was a friend of Hercules.He was Achaean from the ancient city of Dyme, held in veneration by its inhabitants. When Pausanias mentioned him when he visited Dyme, in the side of a public road where it had the tomb of Sostradus in which it was built by...
, Greek mythological hero and friend of Hercules - Sostratus of PelleneSostratus of PelleneSostratus was an Ancient Greek Olympian.He was from the Achaean Pellene and won in the Olympic Games in the 80th Olympiad in 460 BC in the stadium...
, runner and Olympic winner - Sostratus of MacedonSostratus of MacedonFor other persons with the same name, see SostratusSostratus son of Amyntas, a noble Macedonian youth, in the service of Alexander the Great...
conspirator against Alexander