The strangeness of the phoenician mariners, the unfamiliar charm of their cargoes-such were the impressions left on Greek story by the early visits of phoenician ships.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
Therefore on the whole, though Herodotus asserts that the phoenician mariners carried Assyrian cargoes, there is remarkably little evidence that those cargoes reached the West, and equally little that phoenicians had any considerable direct trade with Mesopotamia.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
There are the delicate productions of Castellani, the gold and enamel of Venice, the gold-work of several different colors which has become so artistic; there are the modern antiques, copied from the phoenician jewellery found at Cyprus-these made into pins for the cap, pendants for the neck, rings and bracelets, boxes for the holding of small sweetmeats, so fashionable many years ago, are pretty presents for an elderly lady.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood