Explore: Sanchuniathon

Sanchuniathon (/ˌsæŋkjʊˈnaɪəˌθɒn/; Ancient Greek: Σαγχουνιάθων, romanized: Sankhouniáthōn, or Σαγχωνιάθων, Sankhōniáthōn; probably from Phoenician: 𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍

In Eusebius' account of Philo of Byblos (c. 64–141 CE) record of Sanchuniathon's euhemeristic account of the Phoenician deities, Elioun, whom he calls

chiefly known for his Phoenician history assembled from the writings of Sanchuniathon. Philo was born in the 1st century in Byblos in what is now Lebanon

Asherah), and Dione (identified by Sanchuniathon with Ba'alat Gebal the tutelary goddess of Byblos, a city which Sanchuniathon says that El founded). El is

demonstrate the equation of the goddess Berouth in the mythology of Sanchuniathon with Ugaritic thmt and Akkadian Tiâmat, as the sea was called tihamatum

Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon, was the son of Misor and the inventor of writing, who was bequeathed the land of Egypt by Cronus. Sanchuniathon's writings, through

ancient Greek mythology, and one in the Phoenician religion described by Sanchuniathon. Dione is translated as "Goddess", and given the same etymological derivation

Philo of Byblos's Greek translation of the writings of the Phoenician Sanchuniathon. In Ugaritic myth, Mot (spelled mt) is a personification of death. The

Shamem (Lord of the Heavens), a title most often applied to Hadad. In Sanchuniathon's account Hadad is once called Adodos, but is mostly named Demarûs. This

as brt (𐎁𐎗𐎚), in connection with Baʿal, and perhaps as Beruth in Sanchuniathon's work. Judges is the only Biblical book that mentions Baʿal Berith and