is said there to have first invented musical song from the sweetness of her voice. Gallery International relations Twin towns and sister cities Sidon is twinned with: Constanța, Romania Sofia, Bulgaria Sochi, Russia Notable people In antiquity and the pre-modern era Chronological list. Eumaeus, character from Greek mythology. In Homer, Eumaeus tells of having been kidnapped as child from Sidon, where his father was the king. Antipater of Sidon (2nd century BC), poet Zeno of Sidon (c. 150 – c. 75 BC), Epicurean philosopher born in Sidon Dorotheus of Sidon (1st century BC) Greek astrologer associated with Sidon Boethus of Sidon (c. 75 – c. 10 BC), peripatetic philosopher Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera, Roman soldier who, according to his grave found in Germany in the 19th century, was born in Sidon Zenobius and his sister Zenobia, early-Christian martyrs executed around AD 290 under Diocletian Gymnasius (Γυμνάσιος), a sophist in the time of the Emperor Constantine Euthymios Saifi (1643–1723), Melkite Catholic Bishop of Sidon and Tyre In the modern era Adel Osseiran, co-founder of modern Lebanon, was a prominent Lebanese statesman, a former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and one of the founding fathers of the Lebanese Republic. Raymond Audi, international banker, and former Minister of Refugees in the government of Lebanon (Originally Palestinian) Ali Osseiran, Member of Parliament and Former Minister Afif al-Bizri, (Afif El-Bizri) former Chief of Staff of the Syrian armed forces with a high-standing military rank and political profile during the Syria-Egypt republican union of the Nasser era. Mousbah Baalbaki, contemporary male belly dancer The Four Brothers - Riad El Bizri's Sons: Ahmad El-Bizri, Salah-Eddine El-Bizri (Mayor of Sidon from 1937 till 1951. Member of Parliament from 1951 till 1953), Ezzedine El-Bizri, Anwar El-Bizri. Hisham El-Bizri, filmmaker, producer, professor Nader El-Bizri, philosopher, architect Nazih El Bizri, longstanding politician: mayor of Sidon from 1952 till 1959, Member of Lebanese Parliament from 1953 till 1958 and from 1972 till 1992. Lebanese Minister of Health, and Minister of Social Affairs from 1955 till 1956, then from 1972 till 1973, and from 1980 till 1982. Rafic Hariri, former Prime Minister, billionaire and international businessman Bahia Hariri, former Minister of Education in the governments of Lebanon and philanthropist Saad Hariri, youngest former Prime Minister of Lebanon Bahaa Hariri, international businessman and billionaire, son of Rafic Hariri Ahmad Hijazi (born 1994), Lebanese footballer Sheikh Mohamad Osseiran, Jaafari Mufti of Sidon Maarouf Saad, former