History of PhoeniciaPart 9 out of 9[386] Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, p. 418. [387] Q. Curt. iv. 3, § 8. [388] Arrian, l.s.c. [389] Arrian, ii. 20, § 1. [390] Ibid. § 2. [391] Arrian, ii. 20; § 3; Q. Curt. iv. 3, § 11. [392] {'Epibibasas tois katastromasi ton upaspiston osoi ikanoi edokoun es to ergon} (Arrian, ii. 20, § 6). [393] The Tyrians had but eighty vessels against Alexander's 224. [394] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 20, ad fin. [395] Ibid. ii. 21, § 8. [396] Q. Curt. iv. 3, § 7-9. [397] Diod. Sic. xvii. 42, § 6; Q. Curt. l.s.c. [398] See Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, pp. 421, 422. [399] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 21, § 1. [400] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 21, § 4-7. [401] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 21, § 8. [402] Some editions of Arrian gave {Pasikratous tou Thourieos}, "Pasicrates the Thurian," but the right reading is undoubtedly {tou Kourieos}, "the Curian, or king of Curium." (See the note of Sintenis ad loc.) [403] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 22, § 2. [404] Six triremes and all the quinqueremes (Arrian, ii. 22, § 3). [405] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 22, § 5. [406] Diod. Sic. xvii. 42, § 7. [407] Ibid. xvii. 45, § 4. [408] Diod. Sic. xvii. 45, § 3. [409] Ibid. xvii. 43, § 7, 8. [410] Ibid. xvii. 44, § 4. [411] Ibid. xvii. 44, § 1-3. [412] Ibid. § 4. [413] Ibid. xvii. 45, § 6. [414] Ibid. xvii. 43, § 3. [415] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 22, sub fin. [416] {Kateseise tou teikhous epi mega} (Ibid. ii. 23, § 1). [417] Diod. Sic. xvii. 46, § 1. [418] Arrian, ii. 23, § 2. [419] Ibid. ii. 23, § 5. [420] Not "/the/ foremost," as Diodorus says (xvii. 46, § 2). [421] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 23, ad fin. [422] Ibid. ii. 24, § 1. [423] Ibid. [424] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ ii. 24, § 4. [425] Diod. Sic. xvii. 46, § 4. [426] So Arrian (l.s.c.) Diodorus reduces the number to thirteen thousand (xvii. 46, § 4). [427] Diod. Sic. xvii. 46, § 5; Arrian, ii. 24, § 6. [428] See Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, p. 428, note 3. [429] See Diod. Sic. xvii. 46, § 6. The name Abd-elonim, "servant of the gods," is common. The Greeks and Romans generally render it by Abdalonymus. [430] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ iii. 6, § 3. [431] Ibid. vi. 1, § 6. [432] Arrian, /Exp. Alex./ vi. 22, § 4. [433] Ibid. vii. 19, § 3. [434] Ibid. § 5. [435] Diod. Sic. xviii. 3, § 1. [436] Ibid. 43, § 2. [437] Diod. Sic. xix. 58, § 1. [438] So Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, p. 433. Compare Diod. Sic. xviii. 37, § 4. [439] Diod. Sic. xix. 58, § 2-4. [440] Ibid. 61, § 6. [441] Plutarch, /Vit. Demetr./ § 32. [442] Diod. Sic. xxx. 17; Polyb. v. 40. [443] Polyb. v. 60. [444] Ibid. v. 62. [445] Polyb. xvi. 18; Joseph. /Ant. Jud./ xii. 3, § 3. [446] See Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, p. 436. [447] Herod. i. 1. Egypt never sent trading ships into the Mediterranean. All her commerce with Syria, Asia Minor, and Europe was carried on either in Greek or Phœnician bottoms. [448] Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, l.s.c. [449] As that of the Red Sea, Arabia, and the East African coast. [450] 2 Macc. iv. 18. [451] Ibid. verses 44-50. [452] Gesenius, /Mon. Phœn./ pls. 32-34. [453] Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, pp. 437, 438. [454] Livy, xxvii. 30. [455] 2 Macc. iv. 49. [456] 1 Macc. iii. 34-36; 2 Macc. viii. 9; Joseph. /Ant. Jud./ xii. 7, § 2, [457] 2 Macc. viii. 11. [458] 1 Macc. iii. 41. [459] 2 Macc. viii. 25; Joseph. /Ant. Jud./ xii. 7, § 4. [460] Strab. xvii. 2, § 22. [461] Joseph. /Ant. Jud./ xii. 4, § 3. [462] Ibid. § 4. [463] By Theodotus in B.C. 219 (Polyb. v. 61, § 5), by Cleopatra, queen of Syria, about B.C. 85 (Joseph. /Ant. Jud./ xiii. 13, § 2), by Tigranes in B.C. 83 (ibid. xiii. 16, § 4), &c. [464] Justin, /Hist. Philipp./ xl. 1; Appian, /Syriaca/, § 48. [465] Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, p. 438. [466] Or, sometimes, under a proprætor. [467] Joseph. /Ant. Jud./ xiv. 10, § 2. [468] Ibid. xv. 4, § 1, ad fin. [469] Ibid. xiv. 12, §§ 4, 5. [470] Mommsen, /History of Rome/, iv. 113-115, Engl. Tr.; Merivale, /Roman Empire/, i. 36. [471] Thucyd. i. 4. [472] See the author's /Sixth Oriental Monarchy/, pp. 178-180. [473] Dio Cass. /Hist. Rom./ xlviii. 25. [474] Ibid. § 26. [475] Joseph. /Ant. Jud./ xiv. 13. [476] Dio. Cass. xlviii. 39-41. [477] Ibid. liv. 7. [478] Ramsay, in Smith's /Dict. of Greek and Rom. Geography/, i. 11. [479] Suidas ad voc. {Paulos Turios}. [480] Mark vii. 24-30. Compare Matt. xv. 21-28. [481] Acts xii. 20, 21. [482] Acts xi. 19. [483] Ibid. xxi. 3-7. [484] See Robertson, /History of the Christian Church/, i. 195, 196. [485] Ibid. p. 201. [486] Some doubts have been entertained as to whether Porphyry was really a Tyrian, but his own statement (/Vit. Plotini/, ii. 107), backed as it is by the testimony of Eunapius and Suidas, should be regarded as settling the question. [487] Mason, in Smith's /Dict. of Greek and Rom. Biography/, iii. 502. [488] See the article on PORPHYRIUS in Smith's /Dict. of Greek and Rom. Biography/, iii. 498-502. [489] Strab. xvi. 2, § 24. [490] See the lines quoted by Kenrick (/Phœnicia/, p. 440, note) from Cramer's /Anecdota Græca/ (iv. 19, § 6):-- {Oi tes Stoas bullousin 'Akademian, Purronas outoi, pantas o Stegeirites. 'Alloi de touton Phoinikes te kai Suroi.} [491] Strabo, l.s.c. [492] Ibid. Strabo's words are: {Nuni de pases kai tes alles philosophias euporian polu pleisten labein estin ek touton ton poleon.} [493] Smith's /Dict. of Greek and Rom. Biography/, ii. 417. [494] Kenrick, /Phœnicia/, p. 440. [495] Suidas, s.v. {Paulos Turios}. [496] Smith's /Dict. of Greek and Rom. Biography/, ii. 1000. [497] Smith's Gibbon, ii. 317. [498] Heineccius, /Ant. Rom. Synt./ Proëm, § 45. [499] Ibid. [500] See Eckhel, /Doctr. Num. Vet./ iii. 366; Mionnet, /Description des Médailles/, Supplement. [501] Note that the "Syro-Phœnician woman" who conversed with our Lord is spoken of as also {'Ellenis}, one whose language was Greek (Mark vii. 26). [502] /De situ orbis/, i. 12; "Sidon adhuc opulenta." [503] Ulpian, /Digest. Leg. de Cens./ tit. 15. [504] /Exp. totius Mundi/ in Hudson's /Geographi Minores/, iii. 6. [505] Hieronymus, /Comment. ad Ezek./ xxxvi. 7. [506] Hieronymus, /Comment. ad Ezek./ xxvii. 2. [507] Ezek. xxvi. 14. [508] Euseb. /Vita Constantin. Magni/, iii. 58.
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