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Pharnaces – Philippeville

Pharnaces

a King of Pontus; the son of Mithridates V., and grandfather of Mithridates the Great. He made war against the King of Pergamus, and reigned between 190- 157 в. c.

Bosporus; son of Mithridates VI., King of

Pharos

a lighthouse. The name is derived from the island of Pharos, close to and now part of Alexandria, which a, which protected the port of that city. On the E. promontory of the island stood the lighthouse of Alexandria, so famous in ders of the world, built 300 years B. C. antiquity, and considered one of the won-

Pharsalus

now FERSALA, a town of Thessaly, to the S. of Larissa, on a branch of the Salambria, and accordingly in the part of Thessaly restored to Greece in 1881. The district, Pharsalia, is historically notable mainly for Cæsar's great victory over Pompey on Aug. 9, 48 в. 48 B. C. an

Pharynx

the dilated commencement of the gullet. There may be a diffused erysipelatous inflammation, ordinary or a syphilitic ulcer of the pharynx, or foreign bodies may become imbedded in it.

Phasis

in ancient geography, a river in Colchis, now called Rion or Faz. It rises in the Caucasus, and flows W. into the Euxine near the ancient city of Phasis.

Phenacetin

a drug prepared from like antipyrin, of service in stilling pain and securing rest in cases of severe headcarbolic acid, valuable in fevers, and, aches, insomnia, and nervousness.

Phenol

a name for CARBOLIC ACID (q. v.). elion; according to legend, own, who masters of Thessaly.

Alcestis, and afterward of political consenear Mount Pelion; accordi the ancient royal seat of Admetus and quence under "tyrants" of its ow repeatedly attempted to make themselves masters of Thessaly.

Philadelphians

a mystic sect emphasizing "brotherly love" (Greek philadelphia), founded in London in 1652 under the influence of Boehme by Dr.

John Pordage (1608-1698) and Mrs.

Leade and others. It had for a time a branch in Holland, but disappeared early in the 18th century.

Philharmonic Society

a musical organization established in London, in 1813, welcomed Mendelssohn to England in 1829 and again in 1844. The New Philharmonic was founded in 1852.

The Philharmonic Society of New York dates from 1842.

Philiphaugh

on Yarrow Water, 3 miles W. S. W. of Selkirk, Scotland, the property from 1461 till 1889 of the line of the "Outlaw Murray" of the ballad. Here, Sept. 13, 1645, Montrose was defeated by David Leslie, who butchered more than 100 Irish prisoners.

Philippa

QUEEN, daughter of the Earl of Hainault; married to Edward III. of England in 1328. She accompanied Edward in some of his foreign expeditions, and at other times defended the kingdom in his absence.

Philippeville

a seaport of Algeria, the harbor of Constantine, from which it lies distant 54 miles N. N. E.

There is a magnificent harbor (1882) protected by two moles, one 4,590 feet long, the other 1,310 feet. The town is quite new, having been built since 1838 on the site of the ancient Rusicada.

Pop. about 30,000.