Hiram I
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Hiram I was a Phoenician king of Tyre according to the Hebrew Bible. His regnal years have been calculated by some as 980 to 947 BC, in succession to his father, Abibaal. Hiram was succeeded as King o
The Baal Lebanon inscription is thought to mention Hiram.
The "Tomb of Hiram", as seen in 2009
Menander of Ephesus
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Menander of Ephesus was the historian whose lost work on the history of Tyre was used by Josephus, who quotes Menander's list of kings of Tyre in his apologia for the Jews, Against Apion.
Bust of Menander, housed in the Ephesus Archaeological Museum in Selçuk, Turkey
