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that the fragments have been assembled and translated. Eusebius's quotations often have an agenda contrary to Philo's original intentions: the sources of Phoenician religion are quoted to disparage. Philo's passages show a jumbling together of Phoenician lore with
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The sequence of the gods and their genealogy among the Phoenicians, as gleaned from Philo's quoted fragments, were for long recognized as supporting the general scheme in
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Sanchuniathon was thought by some scholars to be "an imaginary personage, whose name is formed from that of the Phoenician god
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Adolf Lumpe (1994). "Philo Byblius, Herennius (Herennios Philon von Byblos)". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.).
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who, according to Eusebius/Philo, transcribed the sacred lore from pillars in the temples of
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Philo of Byblos: Phoenician History, Introduction, Critical Text, Translation, Notes,
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According to Eusebius, Philo discovered secret mythological writings of the ancient
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Herennius Severus through whom Philo may have achieved the status of a
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Pedro Pablo Fuentes González, "Philon de Byblos", in R. Goulet (ed.),
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priest, and dedicated it to Abelbal or Abibal, king of
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Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
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Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series, 1981.
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Va, Paris, CNRS, 2012, p. 392-399. 487: 183:, and one of the chief authorities used by 30:For the Hellenized Jewish philosopher, see 461:The Phoenician History of Philo of Byblos, 404: 387: 385: 383: 381: 379: 217:, who was said to have lived before the 139: 98:history assembled from the writings of 14: 529: 475:Dictionnaire des Philosophes Antiques, 172:On the Acquisition and Choice of Books 376: 151:and is mentioned frequently by Philo. 110:Philo was born in the 1st century in 317:assembled by the Phoenician writer 24: 333:based on information derived from 25: 628: 481: 238:Phoenician theology and mythology 513:"Philo Byblius, Herennius"  392: 468:The Oxford Classical Dictionary 430:The Oxford Classical Dictionary 179:, epitomized by the grammarian 78:, was an antiquarian writer of 422: 196:, of which there is extant an 177:On Cities and their Famous Men 118:. "He lived into the reign of 94:. He is chiefly known for his 13: 1: 617:2nd-century Phoenician people 612:1st-century Phoenician people 439: 263:was so extensively quoted by 229:(i.9; iv.16). They present a 147:appears with the head of the 68: 557:Ancient Greek lexicographers 155:Philo wrote a dictionary of 74: â€“ 141), also known as 7: 562:Ancient Greek mythographers 10: 633: 358:. Names of deities on the 52: 36: 29: 27:Greek author (c. 64 – 141) 592:2nd-century Greek writers 587:1st-century Greek writers 552:Ancient Greek grammarians 294:, who in Philo is called 369: 267:in his 4th-century work 135: 577:Historians of Phoenicia 415:Encyclopædia Britannica 286:beliefs concerning the 105: 607:2nd-century historians 519:Encyclopedia Americana 459:Albert I. Baumgarten, 270:Praeparatio evangelica 246: 227:Praeparatio evangelica 189:Stephanus of Byzantium 152: 64: 39:Philo (disambiguation) 207: 143: 337:(i.e. Jeruba'al), a 202:Ammonius Grammaticus 37:For other uses, see 149:African sacred ibis 602:2nd-century Romans 597:1st-century Romans 582:Phoenician writers 567:People from Byblos 446:Harold W. Attridge 327:Phoenician History 308:serpent veneration 261:Phoenician History 153: 16:(Redirected from 624: 523: 515: 507: 495: 433: 426: 420: 419: 410:Philo, Herennius 398: 396: 395: 389: 284:ancient Egyptian 125:consul suffectus 76:Herennius Philon 73: 70: 54: 21: 632: 631: 627: 626: 625: 623: 622: 621: 527: 526: 510: 504: 484: 442: 437: 436: 427: 423: 408:, ed. (1911). 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Index

Herennius Philo
Philo
Philo (disambiguation)
Ancient Greek
Latin
grammatical
lexical
historical
Greek
Phoenician
Sanchuniathon
Byblos
Lebanon
Hadrian
consul suffectus
Roman citizen
The ibis species that represents Thoth
Thoth
African sacred ibis
synonyms
Hadrian
Aelius Serenus
Hesychius
Stephanus of Byzantium
epitome
Ammonius Grammaticus
Phoenician
Sanchuniathon
Trojan war
Eusebius

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