• Sanchuniathon (/ˌsæŋkjʊˈnaɪəθɒn/; Ancient Greek: Σαγχουνιάθων or Σαγχωνιάθων Sankho(u)niáthōn; probably from Phoenician: 𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍, romanized: *Saḵūnyatān...
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  • chiefly known for his Phoenician history assembled from the writings of Sanchuniathon. Philo was born in the 1st century in Byblos in what is now Lebanon...
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  • Elyon (section Sanchuniathon)
    In Eusebius' account of Philo of Byblos (c. 64–141 CE) record of Sanchuniathon's euhemeristic account of the Phoenician deities, Elioun, whom he calls...
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    Philo of Byblos's Greek translation of the writings of the Phoenician Sanchuniathon. In Ugaritic myth, Mot (spelled mt) is a personification of death. The...
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  • ancient Greek mythology, and one in the Phoenician religion described by Sanchuniathon. Dione is translated as "Goddess", and given the same etymological derivation...
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    Tehom (section Sanchuniathon)
    demonstrate the equation of the goddess Berouth in the mythology of Sanchuniathon with Ugaritic thmt and Akkadian Tiâmat, as the sea was called tihamatum...
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  • Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon, was the son of Misor and the inventor of writing, who was bequeathed the land of Egypt by Cronus. Sanchuniathon's writings, through...
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  • as brt (𐎁𐎗𐎚), in connection with Baʿal, and perhaps as Beruth in Sanchuniathon's work. Judges is the only Biblical book that mentions Baʿal Berith and...
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    Asherah), and Dione (identified by Sanchuniathon with Ba'alat Gebal the tutelary goddess of Byblos, a city which Sanchuniathon says that El founded). El is...
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    king to a king of the Ahhiyawa Wu Ding, king of the Shang dynasty. Sanchuniathon, Phoenician writer, is born (approximate date). S.M. Stirling's Nantucket...
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