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<p> ( '''''Βότρυς''''' ; in Gr. this word means a [[Bunch]] of grapes; '''''Βοστρύς''''' in Theophan. ''Chorogr.'' p. 193; comp. Pomp. Mela, i, 12, 3), a town of the Phoenician coast, twelve Roman miles north of [[Byblus]] ''(Tab. Peut.),'' and a fortress of the robber tribes of Mount [[Libanus]] (Strabo, 16:p. 755), founded by Ethbaal, king of [[Tyre]] (Menander in Josephus, Ant. 8:13, 2). It was taken, with other cities, by-Antiochus the Great in his Phoenician campaign (Polyb. v, 68). It is still extant under the name Batrun, a small town, with a port and 300 or 400 houses, chiefly of [[Maronites]] (Chesney, Euphr-at. Exped. i, 454). </p> | <p> ( '''''Βότρυς''''' ; in Gr. this word means a [[Bunch]] of grapes; '''''Βοστρύς''''' in Theophan. ''Chorogr.'' p. 193; comp. Pomp. Mela, i, 12, 3), a town of the Phoenician coast, twelve Roman miles north of [[Byblus]] ''(Tab. Peut.),'' and a fortress of the robber tribes of Mount [[Libanus]] (Strabo, 16:p. 755), founded by Ethbaal, king of [[Tyre]] (Menander in Josephus, Ant. 8:13, 2). It was taken, with other cities, by-Antiochus the Great in his Phoenician campaign (Polyb. v, 68). It is still extant under the name Batrun, a small town, with a port and 300 or 400 houses, chiefly of [[Maronites]] (Chesney, Euphr-at. Exped. i, 454). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_26856"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/botrys+(2) Botrys from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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