Note 276 — THE TRAVELS OF RABBI BENJAMIN OF TUDELA. (continued 2)
Reading edition
This story is one version of a popular tradition which is mentioned by the Arabian writers; and a story similar to it, though not applied to the Pharos of Alexandria, is found among the collections current in the west of Europe during the middle ages, but no doubt brought from the east. See the old English poem of the Seven Sages. [276]