PLA´TANUS
PLA´TANUS (
Πλάτανος,
Plb. 5.68; Steph.B. s. v.
Πλατάνη ;
J. AJ 16.11.1: Eth.
Πλατανεύς), a town of Phoenicia, described by Josephus (
l.c.) as a, village of the Sidonians, and situated upon a pass between Mount Lebanon and
[p. 2.641] the sea. (Robinson,
Biblical Researches, vol. iii. p. 433.)