Taautus of Byblos, according to the Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon, was the inventor of writing and son of Misor who was bequeathed the land of Egypt by Cronus. Sanchuniathon and the translation of his work by Philo were transmitted to us by Eusebius, in his work Caesarea's Praeparatio. Eusebius says that Philo placed Sanchuniathon's works into nine books. In the introduction to the first book he makes this preface concerning Sanchuniathon: Philo further says that Taautus wrote the work Commentaries, in which he discussed the creation.