The Youthful Heracles-Melqart in Tyre. Choosing a Visual Language for a Phoenician God in the Hellenistic Period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21847490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Achim Lichtenberger (0000-0003-2653-9859, University of Münster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mythos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1972-2516 • E-ISSN: 2037-7746 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/mythos.5419 |
| OpenAlex | W4311834762 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The Hellenistic silver coins of Tyre were widely used and accepted in the Southern Levant. They depicted the head of the youthful and beefy Heracles-Melqart on the obverse. In this paper, the image of Heracles is discussed and contextualized within the religious life of Tyre. It is argued that the image was influenced by Heracles’ depictions related to Alexander the Great and that it also recurred on ideas of Melqart being a young god. The coin image thus combined different aspects in its visual language and evoked different ideas for the viewers, contributing to the popularity of the image
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Literature · Phoenician · Popularity · Visual arts · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
Kyrios and despotes
The Magic Knot of Herakles, the Propaganda of Alexander the Great, and Tomb Ii at Vergina
Les tessères monétiformes de « Melqart à Tyr »
Cultes locaux et traditions hellénisantes du Proche-Orient
The Roman Temple at Kedesh, Upper Galilee
Deux hôtels de Phénicie
Herakles and Hercules
Origine et évolution du panthéon de Tyr
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |