1) Tyre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tyre, (tir) (KEY) , ancient city of Phoenicia, S of Sidon. It is the present-day Sur in Lebanon, a small town on a peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean from the...
2) William of Tyre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...William of Tyre, (tiīr) (KEY) , b. c.1130, d. before 1185, historian and churchman. Born in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and possibly of French extraction, he received...
3) Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr., (Bobby Jones), 1902-71, American golfer, b. Atlanta, Ga. A lawyer, he became a golf devotee. Jones won the National Open (1923, 1926, 1929-30),...
4) Sur. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sur, Lebanon: see Tyre....
5) Hiram. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Hiram, (hiīrm) (KEY) . 1 In the Bible, king of Tyre, c.969-936 B.C., a friend of David and Solomon. Solomon and Hiram shared in trade with India and the Mediterranean,...
6) Agenor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Agenor, (jeīnor) (KEY) , in Greek mythology. 1 King of Tyre, father of Cadmus and Europa. When Europa disappeared, Agenor sent Cadmus and his other sons in search...
7) Chilmad. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Chilmad, (kilīmad) (KEY) , in the Bible, city or state that traded with Tyre....
8) Achzib. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Achzib, (akīzib) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 Seacoast Palestinian town, c.15 mi (24 km) S of Tyre. 2 Unidentified city of Judah. Chezib in the Book of Genesis and Chozeba...
9) Javan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...son, eponymous ancestor of the Greeks. 2 Unidentified place engaged in trade with Tyre, perhaps a Greek colony....
10) Dido. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa. She was the daughter of a king of Tyre. After her brother Pygmalion murdered her husband, she fled to Libya,...
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