God · Canaanite
Melqart
Melqart, a god of the Canaanite world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: canaanite
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Heracles | Herodotus, Histories 2.44, c. 430 BCE; Cyprus from the 6th c. BCE | Herodotus sailed to Tyre to see the temple of "Heracles", the city god Melqart, and was told it was 2,300 years old. |
| identified as Hercules | Greek and Roman writers, Hellenistic and Roman periods | Greeks and Romans knew Melqart as the Tyrian Hercules. |