A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Philistes
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PHILISTES,
An ancient qneen, whose coin is still extant, but of whose life, reign, country, and government nothing can be ascertained. Herodotus speaks of her coin, so she must have flourished before he lived, that is, B.C. 487; but says nothing else of her. Some persons think that she was Queen of Sicily, others of Malta or Cossara.