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Chapter 8 - A Travelling Portrait

The Baal of Tyre, From One Rock to Another

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2024

By
Élodie Guillon
Edited by
Corinne Bonnet
Translated by
Ralph Häussler
Preface by
Ian Rutherford
Corinne Bonnet
Affiliation:
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Ian Rutherford
Affiliation:
University of Reading
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Summary

Let’s go and meet Melqart, the protector of Tyre, so attached to his rock and yet a tireless traveller. He travelled all the shores of the Mediterranean region with the Phoenicians from rock to rock. We will see why he adorned himself with the attributes of Heracles and what he shares with his Greek companion. We will also discuss his association with other deities in the Western Mediterranean. Finally, we will see why, long after the Phoenician expansion, he remains a reference point of the Phoenician world and of Tyre, the rock par excellence.

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TyrerockPhoenician colonisationmemoryHerakles
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The Names of the Gods in Ancient Mediterranean Religions , pp. 157 - 172
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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