See also:

• JEBEIL (anc. Gebal-Byblus)

JEBEIL (anc. Gebal-Byblus)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria pleasantly situated on a slight See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence near the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, about 20 M . N. of See also:

• BEIRUT

Beirut . It is surrounded by a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall 11- m. in circumference, with square towers at the angles, and a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle at the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east corner . Numerous broken See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite columns in the gardens and vineyards that surround the town, with the number of ruined houses within the walls, testify to its former importance . The See also:

• STELE

stele of Jehawmelek, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Gebal, found here, is one of the most important of Phoenician monuments . The small See also:

• PORT

port is almost choked up with See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand and ruins . Pop . 3000, all Moslems . The inhabitants of the Phoenician Gebal and See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek Byblus were renowned as stonecutters and See also:

• SHIP

ship-builders . See also:

• ARRIAN (FLAvrus ARRIANUS)

Arrian (ii . 20.1) represents Enylus, king of Byblus, as joining See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander with a See also:

• FLEET

fleet, after that monarch had captured the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . See also:

• PHILO
• PHILO, HERENNIUS

Philo of Byblus makes it the most See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient city of See also:

• PHOENICIA

Phoenicia, founded by Cronus, i.e. the See also:

• MOLOCH, or MOLECH (in Hebrew, with the doubtful exception of i Kings xi. 7, always " the Molech ")

Moloch who appears from the stele of Jehawmelek to have been with Baalit the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief deity of the city .

According to See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch (Mon . 357), the See also:

• ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

ark with the See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse of See also:

• OSIRIS

Osiris was castashore at Byblus, and there found by See also:

• ISIS (Egyptian Ese)

Isis . The orgies of See also:

• ADONIS

Adonis in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Baalit (See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite Byblia) are described by See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian, De See also:

• DEE
• DEE (Welsh, Dyfrdwy;, Lat.., and in Milton, Deva)

Dee Syr., cap. vi . The See also:

• RIVER

river Adonis is the Nahr al-See also:

• IBRAHIM

Ibrahim, which flows near the town . The crusaders, after failing before it in 1099, captured " Giblet " in 1103, but lost it again to See also:

• SALADIN (Arab. Sala-ud-din, " Honouring the Faith ") (1138—1193)

Saladin in 1189 . Under See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• RULE

rule it has gradually decayed . (D . G .