Belus (Tyre)
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Belus was a legendary king of Tyre in Virgil's Aeneid and other Latin works.[1] He was said to have been the father of Dido of Carthage, Pygmalion of Tyre, and Anna.[2] The historical father of these figures was the king Mattan I (reigned 840 BC – 832 BCE), also known as MTN-BʿL (Matan-Baʿal, 'Gift of the Lord'), which classicist T. T. Duke suggests was made into the name Belus as a hypocorism.[3]
See also
[edit | edit source]- Other people and places named Belus
- King of Tyre, list of historical kings of Tyre
- Melqart, Baal of Tyre
- Baal-Eser II, identified by some to be Balazeros (grandfather of Pygmalion according to Menander of Ephesus)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The typical Roman rendering of the Akkadian Bel and Northwest Semitic Baʿal (both meaning "Lord") as a theonym, personal name, or title.
- ^ Virgil. Aeneid Book 1, Line 729.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
