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Lucian, a heathen and an eye-witness, tells us "I saw at Byblus the grand temple of the Byblian Venus, in which are accomplished the orgies relating to Adonis; and I learnt the nature of the orgies.
A stele of a Byblian king, Jehavmelek, probably somewhat more ancient than these, bears an inscription of a different kind, since it is attached to a votive offering and not to a sepulchre.
The Tyrian, Sidonian, Byblian and Berytian authors, of whom we hear, bear Greek names: and it is impossible to say whether they belonged, in any true sense, to the Phoenician race. Philo of Byblus and Marinus of Tyre are the only two authors of this later period who held to Phoenician traditions, and, presumably, conveyed on to later ages Phoenician ideas and accumulations.
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