Sanchuniathon
Sign in to saveSanchuniathon (; , or ; probably from , "Sakkun has given", variant 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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- Writer.name
- Sanchuniathon
- Writer.native_name
- 𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍
- Writer.native_name_lang
- phn
- Writer.language
- Phoenician
- Writer.genre
- Historical and religious writings
- Writer.birth_date
- Unknown
- Writer.birth_place
- Berytus (Beirut), Phoenicia
- Writer.death_date
- Unknown
- Writer.death_place
- Unknown
- Writer.occupation
- Author
- Writer.period
- Hellenistic and Roman era OR Trojan War era
- Writer.notable_works
- Phoenician History
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13 sectionsContents
- The author
- The work
- Philosophical creation story
- Allegorical culture heroes
- The history of the gods
- About serpents
- ''On the Phoenician Alphabet''
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
- English translations
- Other links
Sanchuniathon (; , or ; probably from , "Sakkun has given", variant 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.
==The author== All knowledge of Sanchuniathon and his work comes from the Praeparatio Evangelica of Eusebius (I. chs ix-x), which contains some information about him, along with the only surviving excerpts from his writing, as summarized and quoted from his purported translator, Philo of Byblos.