Philo of Byblos°

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PHILO OF BYBLOS°

PHILO OF BYBLOS ° (also called Herennius Philo , 64–161 c.e.), Greek author of a Phoenician history. Philo claimed that his history was a translation from the Phoenician of Sanchuniathon, whose sources go back to before the Trojan War. Many quotations from his history concerning religion are found in Eusebius' Praeparatio Evangelica (1:9, 22–10; 8). He is also said to have written, among other works, a history of the Jews in which he criticized Hecataeus of Abdera. Only fragments of his work survive.