Ebook: The Phoenician History of Philo of Bybios: A Commentary

Baumgarten's commentary is a slightly revised version of his 1972 Columbia University dissertation, a dissertation which in microfilm form has already been utilized to great benefit by several students. Given that this work is a commentary, its plan is quite straightforward. After a brief, prefatory discussion, Baumgarten prints the text of Philo of Byblos as established by F. Jacoby (Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker [ = FGH], 1969) in chapter two. The following chapters then begin with Baumgarten's translations of sections of the text, with most of each chapter devoted to commenting on these translated sections.