Belus (Babylonian)
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Belus (Babylonian)
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Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts in a Babylonian context refers to the Babylonian god Bel Marduk. Though often identified with Greek Zeus and Latin Jupiter as Zeus Belos or Jupiter Belus, in other cases Belus is euhemerized as an ancient king who founded Babylon and built the ziggurat. He is recognized and worshipped as the god of war. Eusebius of Caesarea cites Artabanus as stating in his Jewish History that Artabanus found in anonymous works that giants who had been d
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Babylonian god Bel Marduk - God of war
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belus_(Babylonian)
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2023-11-25T12:36:34Z
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