Sanchuniathon

Sanchuniathon
BornDOB unknown
Berytus (Beirut), Phoenicia
DiedDOD unknown
Unknown
OccupationAuthor
LanguagePhoenician
PeriodHellenistic and Roman era
GenreHistorical and religious writings
Notable worksPhoenician History

Sanchuniathon (/ˌsæŋkjʊˈnəθɒn/; Ancient Greek: Σαγχουνιάθων or Σαγχωνιάθων Sankho(u)niáthōn; probably from Phoenician: 𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍, romanized: *Saḵūnyatān, "Sakkun has given"),[1] also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian,[2] was a Phoenician author. His three works, originally written in the Phoenician language, survive only in partial paraphrase and a summary of a Greek translation by Philo of Byblos recorded by the Christian bishop Eusebius. These few fragments comprise the most extended literary source concerning Phoenician religion in either Greek or Latin: Phoenician sources, along with all of Phoenician literature, were lost with the parchment on which they were written.

  1. ^ Lipinski, E. (1992). Brepols (ed.). Dictionnaire de la Civilisation Phénicienne et Punique (in French). Turnhout. p. 387.
  2. ^ Smith, William, ed. (1861). A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, and Natural History. Vol. 1. p. 695.

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