Philo (20 BC - 50 AD), known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judeaus, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. The few biographical details concerning him are found in his own works, especially in Legatio ad Gaium, ("embassy to Gaius") and in Josephus (''Antiquities" xviii. 8, § 1; comp. ib. xix. 5, § 1; xx. 5, § 2).