The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Philo Byblius, Herennius

PHILO BYBLIUS, fī'lō bib'lǐ-ūs, Herennius, Phœnician grammarian: b. Byblos, Phœnicia; flourished between 64 and 141 A.D. He is the author of a famous historical work, &lsquo;Concerning Cities and Their Renowned Citizens.&rsquo; It is in 30 books and has proved the thesaurus of later grammarians. He also executed a translation of the alleged work of ../Sanchuniathon/ (q.v.), of which some fragments have survived and have been published in the third volume of Müller's &lsquo;Fragmenta Historicorum Græcorum,&rsquo; Vol. III. The alleged complete text of Sanchoniathon, which was discovered in a Portuguese monastery and published by Wagenfeld (1837), proved to be a forgery.