Cos was an island40 miles from Miletus. Rhodes refers to the city on the island of Rhodes, "Rhodes" meaning "roses," another90 miles farther. A gigantic statue of Apollo, the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, stood astride the entrance to this harbor years earlier, but it was now in ruins. From there, Paul"s party continued east to Patara, a60-mile journey. Paul could have made these trips in three days. In Patara the missionaries were able to transfer to a ship bound directly for Tyre400 miles away, probably a grain or fruit ship. [1] They sailed to the south of Cyprus. Tyre was in ancient Phoenicia, then part of the Roman province of Syria. [source][source][source]