Sanchuniathon

Sanchuniathon (c. 13-14^th cent. BC) was a Phoenician writer whose work is now lost^(d) and only available through the writings of Eusebius (4th cent. AD)^(c) and Philo of Byblos (c. 100 AD), who claimed to have translated his Phoenician from the original text^(a) .

Sanchuniathon, writing 600 years before Plato was born, refers to the original kings of Egypt, calling them ‘Aleteans’. Some have speculated that this was an early form or corruption of ‘Atlanteans’. The phoenicia.org suggests that the Phoenician gods were also Kings of Atlantis!^(b)

^(a) See: https://web.archive.org/web/20180316015132/https://www.q-mag.org/sanchunjaton-phoenicia-and-hesiod.html

^(b) Plato’s Atlantis and The Kings of Atlantis, Gods of the Phoenicians

^(c) Sanchoniatho’s Phoenician History : AncientHistoryWorks : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

^(d) Cory’s ancient fragments of the Phoenician, Carthaginian, Babylonian, Egyptian, and other authors : Cory, Isaac Preston, 1802-1842 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive  (p.xxxii)