Melqart
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melqart-171-7140012
title:
Melqart
text:
Melqart 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 exploits of Heracles. Many cities were thought to be founded and protected by Melqart, no doubt springing from the original Phoenician practice of building a Temple of Melqart at new colonies. Similar to Tammuz and
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melqart
date created:
2002-09-21T18:41:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T19:39:16Z
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