Sidon

Sidon was an ancient coastal city of Phoenicia, perhaps the oldest of the Phoenician cities. Sidon is now called Sayda. The Greeks often confused Sidon with Tyre, its southern neighbour. Sidon was renowned for its export of glassware and purple dye, called Sidonian Purple.

Agenor, son of Libya and Poseidon, founded and ruled the city of Sidon in Phoenicia (Canaan). Agenor migrated to Canaan, leaving his twin brother Belus to rule Egypt. When Zeus abducted his daughter, Europa, he sent sons to find her. Not of them returned. Each son migrated to other lands, founding kingdoms. Cadmus, Europa's brother, migrated as far as central Greece, founding Cadmeia, which was later called Thebes. Agenor's other son Phoenix did not go very far, his name became the eponym of Phoenicia.