Byblus
Byblus (-ŏs), i, f., = Βύβλος,
- a very ancient town in Phoenicia celebrated for the worship of Adonis, now Dschebail, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78; Curt. 4, 1, 15.
Byblus ( -blos ), ī, f. , Byblos [ville de Phénicie] : Plin. 5, 78 || -ĭus, a, um, de Byblos : Capel. 2, 192.
Byblus
(Βύβλος). (1) The modern Jebeïl; a very ancient city on the coast of Phoenicia, between Berytus and Tripolis, a little north of the river Adonis. It was the chief seat of the worship of Adonis. Here are the remains of a Roman theatre, of which the cavea or auditorium is nearly perfect. The name was anciently applied to the whole of Phoenicia.
(2) A town of Egypt in the Delta, famous for its papyrus (q. v.).