Tyrian Heracles
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The Tyrian Heracles is described as a Sun-god in Nonnus' Dionysiaca. He is given the title Astrochiton 'Starclad' and is saluted as "the son of Time, he who causes the threefold image of the Moon, the all-shining Eye of the heavens". He is associated with rain and the growth of plants.
Relationships
- allied with
- Dionysus
- syncretized with
- Belus, Ammon, Apis, Arabian Cronus, Assyrian Zeus, Serapis, Zeus of Egypt, Cronus, Phaethon, Mithra, Delphic Apollo, Gamos, Paeon
- co occurs with
- Hadad, Heracles, Typhon, Melqart, Melicertes, Malcarthos
- consort of
- Tyrus
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Gregory of Nazianzus and Cassiodorus relate how Tyrian Heracles and the nymph Tyrus were walking along the beach when Heracles' dog, who was accompanying them, devoured a murex snail and gained a beautiful purple color around its mouth.”
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