Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Melqart (Phoenician: 饜饜饜饜饜, romanized: M墨lq膩rt) was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre and a major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons. He may have been central to the founding-myths of various Phoenician colonies throughout the Mediterranean , as well as the source of several myths concerning the ...
Phoenician art was largely centered on ornamental objects, particularly jewelry, pottery, glassware, and reliefs. Large sculptures were rare; figurines were more common. Phoenician goods have been found from Spain and Morocco to Russia and Iraq; much of what is known about Phoenician art is based on excavations outside Phoenicia proper.
Articles relating to the god Melqart, his cult, and his depictions. He was the tutelary god of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre and a major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons . He may have been central to the founding-myths of various Phoenician colonies throughout the Mediterranean , as well as the source of several myths concerning ...
Phoenician characters in Greek mythology (36 P) This page was last edited on 5 September 2024, at 10:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
According to the Suda, the ancient Greek historian Scamon of Mytilene claimed that her father named the Phoenician letters in her honor after she died a virgin. [1] Phoenice, mother by Poseidon of Torone, wife of Proteus [2] but more likely she bore Proteus to the sea-god.
Baalshamin (Imperial Aramaic: 軖堀軤 塬堋軡堍, romanized: Ba士al Š膩m墨n or B士el Šm墨n, lit. 'Lord of Heaven[s]'), also called Baal Shamem (Phoenician: 饜饜饜 饜饜饜, romanized: Ba士l Š膩m膿m) and Baal Shamaim (Hebrew: 讘址旨注址诇 砖指讈诪址讬执诐, romanized: Ba士al Š膩may墨m), [1] was a Northwest Semitic god and a title applied to different gods at different places or times ...
The connections of Baal Hammon and Tanit to the Phoenician pantheon are debated: Tanit may have a Libyan origin, [12] but some scholars connect her to the Phoenician goddesses Anat, Astarte or Asherah; Baal Hammon is sometimes connected to Melqart or El. [4] The gods Eshmun and Melqart also had their own temples in Carthage. [4]