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name: Philo of Alexandria the Elder
name_greek: Φίλων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
eul_aid: mcq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/philo-of-alexandria-the-elder-mcq"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Philosophical Koine
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Philo of Alexandria the Elder

*Φίλων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς*

**eul_aid:** `mcq` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/philo-of-alexandria-the-elder-mcq)

Philo of Alexandria, a Hellenistic epic poet of the 1st century BCE. Works include his epic poetry. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Fragments on Abraham and Patriarchs](https://eulogikon.org/works/philo-alexandria-abraham-patriarchs-mcq-aa) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τῶν Πατριαρχῶν* · `mcq-aa`

## License and provenance

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