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Headword:
Σαγχωνιάθων
Adler number: sigma,25
Translated headword: Sanchoniathon
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Of Tyre, a philosopher, who lived during the time of the Trojan [war]. [He wrote:]
On Hermes' physiology, which was translated;
Homeland of the Tyrians, in the Phoenician dialect;
Egyptian Theology; and others.
Σαγχωνιάθων, Τύριος, φιλόσοφος, ὃς γέγονε κατὰ τὰ Τρωϊκά. Περὶ τῆς Ἑρμοῦ φυσιολογίας, ἥτις μετεφράσθη, Πάτρια τε Τυρίων τῇ Φοινίκων διαλέκτῳ, Αἰγυπτιακὴν θεολογίαν: καὶ ἄλλα τινά.
Notes:
The name reappears under another spelling at
sigma 166.
S. is cited by Philon of Byblos (
phi 447) in extracts of his Phoenician History preserved in
Eusebius, and he may in fact belong in the seventh or sixth century BCE. See generally OCD(3) 1352.
Translated by: Alex Gottesman on 13 May 2000@16:58:03.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 22 February 2002@05:27:44.
David Whitehead (tweaked and expanded note; more keywords) on 16 August 2011@05:54:47.
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