Images of this deity were burned during the month of Peritia to symbolize his resurrection as the "fire of heaven" in the egersis ritual.
Images of this deity were burned during the month of Peritia to symbolize his resurrection as the "fire of heaven" in the egersis ritual. Bronze pillars stood outside a temple of this deity at Gades. A notable stele depicts this non-Zeus deity in a tunic with a domed hat and a double-sided axe over one shoulder. Like the Jewish God, pigs were forbidden inside this deity's temple, which Herodotus reported to have had one pillar made of gold and another pillar made of emerald. Livy recounts that a vision sent by this god, whose devotees included the (*)  Barcas, guided Hannibal across the Alps. Hiram I built the chief temple of this deity, whose name means "king of the city." and who was often syncretized with Heracles. Alexander the Great built a land bridge for a 332 BC siege so as to sacrifice in the temple of, for 10 points, what chief god of Tyre and its Phoenician colonies?
Images of this deity were burned during the month of Peritia to symbolize his resurrection as the "fire of heaven" in the egersis ritual.
Melqart [or Melicarthus]