HERAKLES/MELQART: THE GREEK FAÇADE OF A PHOENICIAN DEITY

Authors

  • Rodrigo Araújo de Lima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/rh.v5i2.42487

Keywords:

Melqart, Herakles, origin, liturgy, cult, Archaeology, Epigraphy, Primary Sources

Abstract

Whilst one of the most prestigious cults in Antiquity, the Greek and
Roman worship to the god Herakles settle down on an ancient Phoenician liturgy dedicated to the god Melqart. With the support of epigraphy, textual documentation and archaeological material culture, it is possible to establish the differences and the proximities of these two deities. In this article, I will present some of the main theories on the origin of the divinized ancestral until its recognition as the Greek hero via interpretatio graeca, which culminated in the identification of the Far West of the Mediterranean as the famous Herakles/Melqart Pillars.

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Author Biography

Rodrigo Araújo de Lima

PhD student in Archaeology at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the University of São Paulo under the supervision of Dr. Maria Cristina Nicolau Kormikiari (MAE-USP) and the co-supervision of Dr. Romero Tori (POLI-USP), FAPESP scholarship holder case 2018/08593-4. Member of the Laboratory of Studies on the Ancient City (LABECA). To consult
other publications by the author: https://usp-br.academia.edu/RodrigoAraújodeLima.

Published

2020-05-05

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Section

Dossiê Temático - Fenícios