Philo of Byblos
Philo of Byblos (
Life
Philo was born in the 1st century in
Works
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. Some of his work is known to us by titles only; others have survived in fragmentary quotes in Christian authors. Among his works were:
- On the Acquisition and Choice of Books
- On Cities and their Famous Men, epitomized by the grammarian Aelius Serenus, and one of the chief authorities used by Hesychius and Stephanus of Byzantium
- On Synonyms, of which there is extant an epitome by Ammonius Grammaticus.[1]
"But he is chiefly known for his translation of the
Philo's Greek Phoenician History was so extensively quoted by
According to Eusebius, Philo discovered secret mythological writings of the ancient
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 Hesiod's Theogony. Names of deities on the cuneiform tablets from Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, Syria) fall into similar patterns. Compare the genealogical tables at Sanchuniathon.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Philo, Herennius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 413.
- ^ Forbes, Peter Barr Reid, "Philon of Byblos" in The Oxford Classical Dictionary, New York, New York.: Oxford University Press, 1991, p.823.
References
- Harold W. Attridge and Robert A. Oden, Philo of Byblos: Phoenician History, Introduction, Critical Text, Translation, Notes, Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series, 1981.
- Albert I. Baumgarten, The Phoenician History of Philo of Byblos, 1981.
- Peter Barr Reid Forbes, "Philon of Byblos" in The Oxford Classical Dictionary, New York, New York.: Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Pedro Pablo Fuentes González, "Philon de Byblos", in R. Goulet (ed.), Dictionnaire des Philosophes Antiques, vol. Va, Paris, CNRS, 2012, p. 392-399.
External links
- Adolf Lumpe (1994). "Philo Byblius, Herennius (Herennios Philon von Byblos)". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 7. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 518–521. ISBN 3-88309-048-4.
- . Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
