Sanchuniathon

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Sanchuniathon
Other forms of name
Sanchoniathon
Date of birth
-0150
Date of death
-0100
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 95303431
Wikidata: Q968582
Library of congress: n 85029817
Sources of Information
  • His Sanchuniathon's Phonizische Geschichte, 1937.
  • Enc. Brit.(Sanchuniathon, fl. 14th/13th cent. B.C.?, ancient Phoenician writer)
  • Harper's dict. of class. lit. and antiquities(Sanchuniathon)
  • InU/Wing STC files(usage: Sanchoniathon)

Wikipedia description:

Sanchuniathon (; Ancient Greek: Σαγχουνιάθων, romanized: Sankhouniáthōn, or Σαγχωνιάθων, Sankhōniáthōn; probably from Phoenician: 𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍, romanized: *Saḵūnyatān, "Sakkun has given", variant 𐤔𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍 šknytn), also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian, 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.

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