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kinship
• descended from Noah, through son Ham (not Shem!), grandson Canaan (Gen 9)
• descended from Chna (Philo F2) or Phoinix, kin to Cadmus (Apollod. 3,2-4, Hom.Il.14.321)
language
• Phoenician/Punic (Canaanite dialect, Semitic family); see Plaut.Poen. Act 5
religion
• Bacal Ḥammon (Lat. Saturnus), Aštart (Lat. Venus), Tinnit (Lat. Iuno Caelestis), Melqart (Lat. Hercules)
customs
see description of Hanno's costume (Plaut.Poen)
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