Berytius ('Berytian') is a
Latin
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surname given to several writers native of
Berytus
) or Laodicea in Canaan (2nd century to 64 BCE)
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Beirut
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Hermippus Berytius (fl. 2nd century AD), grammarian
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Lupercus Berytius Lupercus of Berytus ( el, Λούπερκος Βηρύτιος) was a Greek grammarian
Grammarian may refer to:
* Alexandrine grammarians, philologists and textual scholars in Hellenistic Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE
* Biblical gramm ...
, grammarian
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M. Valerius Probus Berytius (c. 20/30 – 105 AD), grammarian
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Taurus Berytius
Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to:
* Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign
* Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac
* Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus
* ''Bos taurus ...
, Platonic philosopher
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Vindonius Anatolius Berytius, Greek author of the 4th century AD
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Latin-language surnames