Thematic Bible: Shipping suspended in, on the mediterranean sea
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Winter » Shipping suspended in, on the mediterranean sea
We set sail, after three months, in an Alexandrian ship, with the Dioscuri on her figure-head, which had wintered at the island.
and, as the harbour was badly placed for wintering in, the majority proposed to set sail and try if they could reach Phoenix and winter there (Phoenix is a Cretan harbour facing S.W. and N.W.).