A city in this region was founded by a group of people who came upon an olive tree with a serpent at its base and an eaglein its branches, and then sacriÂficed the eagle to Poseidon and Zeus.
A city in this region was founded by a group of people who came upon an olive tree with a serpent at its base and an eaglein its branches, and then sacriÂficed the eagle to Poseidon and Zeus. A queen instructed her attendants to throw several bagsfull of sand into the sea here. One king in this region, the twin brother of Belus, sent either Thasus and Phineus along withCilix to hunt down his daughter aftfter she was abducted by Zeus, who ordered Hermes to drive that king's cattle down to theseashore. Heracles was identifiÂed with a major god from this region, Melqart. A prince born in this region was told by theDelphic oracle to follow a cow and to settle wherever the cow lay down. A priest from this region was murdered because heconcealed vast quantities of treasure underground, and because he had been sleeping with the wife of King Pygmalion. AftfterSychaeus was killed in this region, his lover sailed west with her followers and established a new home in North Africa. For 10points, name this region, the original home of Dido, the queen of Tyre.
A city in this region was founded by a group of people who came upon an olive tree with a serpent at its base and an eaglein its branches, and then sacriÂficed the eagle to Poseidon and Zeus.
Phoenicia [accept Tyre before mentioned; accept Sidon]