God · Mesopotamian

Marduk

Marduk, a god of the Mesopotamian world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: mesopotamian

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as ZeusHerodotus, Histories 1.181, c. 430 BCEThe great ziggurat precinct of Babylon is for Herodotus the sacred enclosure of Zeus Belus, that is, Bel Marduk.

Sources

  1. Herodotus, Histories, Book I (tr. A. D. Godley, Wikisource)
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