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PHILO, HERENNIUS

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PHILO, HERENNIUS , of Byblus, See also:Greek grammarian, was See also:born, according to Suidas, in A.D. 42. He lived into the reign of See also:Hadrian, of which he wrote a See also:history, now lost. He was the author of various See also:works: On the Acquisition and Choice of Books; On Cities and their Famous Men, epitomized by the grammarian Aelius See also:Serenus, and one of the See also:chief authorities used by See also:Hesychius and Stephanus of See also:Byzantium; On Synonyms, of which there is extant an See also:epitome by Ammonius Grammaticus. But he is chiefly known for his See also:translation of the Phoenician history of See also:Sanchuniathon, who was said to have lived before the Trojan See also:war. Of this See also:work considerable fragments have been preserved, chiefly by See also:Eusebius in the Praeparatio evangelica (i. 9, ro; iv. 16). They See also:present a euhemeristic rechauffe of Phoenician See also:theology and See also:mythology, which is represented as translated from the See also:original Phoenician. Sanchuniathon is probably an imaginary personage, whose name is formed from that of the Phoenician See also:god Sanchon. See also:Editions of the fragments by J. C.

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Orelli (1826) and C. See also:Muller, Frag. hist. graec. vol. iii. In 186 F. Wagenfeld brought out what claimed to be a See also:complete translation by Philo (from a MS. discovered in a See also:convent in See also:Portugal, now considered See also:spurious). There are See also:English See also:translations by I. P. See also:Cory (1828) and See also:Bishop R. See also:Cumberland (1720).

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