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  Philo of Byblos -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Philo of Byblos (Herennios Philon), (ca 64 - 141 CE) was an antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek, whose name "Herennius" makes it appear that he was a client of the Consul suffectus Herennius Severus, through whom Philo could have achieved the status of a Roman citizen.
Philo's Greek, Phoenician History was so extensively quoted by (Christian bishop of Caesarea in Palestine; a church historian and a leading early Christian exegete (circa 270-340)) Eusebius of Caesarea in the 4th century, in his Praeparation evangelista, that the fragments have been assembled and translated (see References).
Philo apparently constructed his materials from various traditions available to him, adapted them to suit his purpose, and conjured with the venerable-sounding name to gain credit for his narrative.
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 Encyclopedia: Philo of Byblos
Philo (20 BCE - 40 CE) was an Alexandrian Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt.
Philo wrote a dictionary of synonyms, a collection of scientific writers and their works organized by category, a catalogue of cities with their famous citizens and a Vita of the Emperor Hadrian.
Philo's Greek, Phoenician History was so extensively quoted by Eusebius of Caesarea in the 4th century, in his Praeparatio Evangelica, that the fragments have been assembled and translated (see References).
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 Byblos - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Byblos is located on the Mediterranean coast of present-day Lebanon about 26 miles north of Beirut, and is now known by the Arabic name Jbail, although it is still referred to as Byblos.
By about 1200 BC, archeological evidence at Byblos shows clear evidence an alphabetic script which consisted of twenty-two characters; an important example of this script is the sarcophagus of king Ahiram.
Byblos, under the name of Gibelet or Giblet, was an important military base in the 11th century, and the remains of its castle are among the most impressive architectural structures now visible at its centre.
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 Philo (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE - 40 CE), a Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt
"Philo" is a term used at Columbia University to refer to a member of the Philolexian Society, or to the organization as a whole.
"Philo" is a term used at the University of Pennsylvania to refer to a member of the Philomathean Society, or to the organization as a whole.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Philo-(disambiguation).htm   (244 words)

  
 Phoenicia
Phoenicians established independent city-states like Byblos, Tyre, Tripolis as well as Berytus, and others on the islands and along other coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.
Byblos soon became the predominant center from where they proceeded to dominate the Mediterranean and Erythraean Sea routes.
Letters from the 14th century BCE, written in Akkadian, the language of diplomacy at the time, which were discovered at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, contain solecisms that are not 'mistakes' but actually early Phoenician Canaanite words and phrases.
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 Phoenician Creation Story
According to Sanchoniathon, knowledge started with Taautus who was first of all under the sun to discover the use of letters and the writing of records.
This god from Byblos was the Logos of the Egyptian Tehuti and the Greek Hermes.
Under the supervision of Taautus, their progeny (from the daughters of earth) established Byblos.
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 Cananaanite FAQ & Helel - Correspondence with Gwen Saylor
It says his title was "Melkart, `God of the City.'" And it says Philo, in his History of the Uranides," identified Melkart with Heracles (born of Demarus).
It does say that seven gods were born then under the same conditions, "the seventh" being Sibani, whose FATHER is called Etrah, who may be the same as the Terah (Moon) of the Keret story.
We don't know who she was, but there is an Egyptian bas-relief (Louvre) of her with a uraeus suspended from one of her horns (Larousse), which brings me to the attachment I see in the identities of Asherah and Iusaas, Ra's lady that he was not given until later (Larousse).
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