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BYBLOS (Ancient city) PHOENICE
Adonis (Adonis: Nahr el Ibrahim), a small river of Syria, which rising
in Mount Libanus enters the Mediterranean a few miles to the S. of Byblus. Maundrell
records the fact which he himself witnessed, that after a sudden fall of rain,
the river descending in floods is tinged of a deep red by the soil of the hills
in which it takes its rise, and imparts this colour to the sea for a considerable
distance. Hence some have sought to explain the legend of the beautiful Adonis,
who was killed by a wild boar on Mount Libanus (Strab. p. 755; Lucian, de Dea
Syr. 6; Plin. v. 20.; Nonn. Dionys. iii. 80, xx. 144.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
PHOENICE (Ancient country) LEBANON
Trieres (Trieres, Polyb. v. 68; Strab. xvi. p. 754), a small fortified place in
Phoenicia, on the northern declivity of Lebanon, and about 12 miles distant from
Tripolis. It is in all probability the same place as the Tridis of the Itin. Hierosol.
(p. 583). Lapie identifies it with Enty, others with Belmont.
SIDON (Ancient city) LEBANON
Leontes (Leontos potamou ekbolai), a river of Phoenicia, placed by
Ptolemy between Berytus and Sidon (v. 15, p. 137) ; consistently with, which notice
Strabo places Leontopolis between the same two towns, the distance between which
he states at 400 stadia. He mentions no river of this name, but the Tamyras (ho
Tamuras potamos), the grove of Aesculapius, and Leontopolis, which would doubtless
correspond with the Lion river of Ptolemy; for it is obviously an error of Pliny
to place Leontos oppidum between Berytus and Flumen Lycos (v. 20). Now, as the
Tamyras of Strabo is clearlyidentical with Nalr-ed-Damur, half way between Beyrut
and Saida, Lion's town and river should be looked for south of this, and north
of Sidon. The only stream in this interval is Nahr-el-Auly, called also in its
upper part Nahr Baruk, which Dr. Robinson has shown to be the Bostrenus Fluvius.
This, therefore, Mannert seemed to have sufficient authority for identifying with
the Leontes. But the existence of the Litany--a name supposed to be similar to
the Leontes - between Sidon and Tyre, is thought to countenance the conjecture
that Ptolemy has misplaced the Leontes, which is in fact identical with the anonymous
river which Strabo mentions near Tyre, which can be no other than the Litany (Robinson,
Bib. Res. vol. iii. pp. 408 - 410, and notes). No great reliance, however, can
be placed on the similarity of names, as the form Leontos is merely the inflexion
of Leon, which was not likely to be adopted in Arabic. It is far more probable
that the classical geographer in this, as in other cases, translated the Semitic
name. Besides which the Litany does not retain this name to the coast, but is
here called Nahr-el-Kasimiyeh, the Casimeer of Maundrell (March 20, p. 48; Reland,
Palaestina, pp. 290, 291.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
TYROS (Ancient city) LEBANON
Album promontorium (Plin. v. 19. s. 17), was the western extremity of the mountain
range Anti-Libanus, a few miles south of ancient Tyre (Palai-Tyrus). Between the
Mediterranean Sea and the base of the headland Album ran a narrow road, in places
not more than six feet in breadth, cut out of the solid rock, and ascribed, at
least by tradition, to Alexander the Great. This was the communication between
a small fort or castle called Alexandroschene (Scandalium) and the Mediterranean.
(It. Hieros. p. 584.) The Album Promontorium is the modern Cape Blanc, and was
one hour's journey to the north of Ecclippa (Dshib or Zib).
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited October 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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