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(Σιδών/Sidṓn; Hebrew Ṣîdôn, Arabic Ṣaidā).
I. To Alexander the Great
In Homer (Hom. Il. 6,290 f.; 23,743 f.; Hom. Od. 4,83 f., 618 et passim; cf. Jos 13:6; 1 Kg 5:20), S., 35 km north east of Tyrus on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, is synonymous with P…