---
name: Philo Byzantium
name_greek: Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος
eul_aid: jgu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/philo-byzantium-jgu"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Philo Byzantium

*Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος*

**eul_aid:** `jgu` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/philo-byzantium-jgu)

Philo Byzantium, Hellenistic engineer of the 3rd-2nd centuries BCE. Includes his treatise on mechanics. Free to read and download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [On the Seven Wonders of the World](https://eulogikon.org/works/philo-byzantium-seven-wonders-jgu-aa) — *Περὶ τῶν Ἑπτὰ Θαυμάτων τοῦ Κόσμου* · `jgu-aa`

## License and provenance

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