Σαγχωνιάθων

Sanchoniathon

Translated by Alex Gottesman13 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

33 words
Of Tyre, a philosopher, who lived during the time of the Trojan [war]. [He wrote:] On Hermes' physiology, which was translated; Homeland of the Tyrians, in the Phoenician dialect; Egyptian Theology; and others.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σαγχωνιάθων, Τύριος, φιλόσοφος, ὃς γέγονε κατὰ τὰ Τρωϊκά. Περὶ τῆς Ἑρμοῦ φυσιολογίας, ἥτις μετεφράσθη, Πάτρια τε Τυρίων τῇ Φοινίκων διαλέκτῳ, Αἰγυπτιακὴν θεολογίαν· καὶ ἄλλα τινά.

Betacode
*sagxwnia/qwn, *tu/rios, filo/sofos, o(\s ge/gone kata\ ta\ *trwi+ka/. *peri\ th=s *(ermou= fusiologi/as, h(/tis metefra/sqh, *pa/tria te *turi/wn th=| *foini/kwn diale/ktw|, *ai)guptiakh\n qeologi/an: kai\ a)/lla tina/.

Notes

  1. The name reappears under another spelling at sigma 166.
    S. is cited by Philon of Byblos (phi 447) in extracts of his Phoenician History preserved in Eusebius, and he may in fact belong in the seventh or sixth century BCE. See generally OCD4 s.v.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Sep 2014
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked and expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
  4. modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Alex Gottesman

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