Mattan I.

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Mattan I was from 829 to 821 BC. King of Tire and Sidon . He inherited the rule from his father Baal-Ezer II. Mattan I was the father of Pygmalion (actually Pumayaton ), who in turn ruled Tire from 820 to 774 BC. In his will, in addition to Pygmalion, he is said to have appointed his daughter Elissa ( Dido ) and her husband Akerbas (Askarbaal) or Sychäos (Sicharbaal) as heirs of power. Akerbas was a representative of the aristocracy and thus hated the people. After his murder, Elissa fled with part of the aristocracy across the sea to North Africa, where they are said to have founded Carthage in 814 BC . However, other sources put the founding of Carthage before 890. BC, which would also result in other numbers for Mattan's life data. It is unclear how closely Virgil's characters Pygmalion and Dido , about whom he tells in the Aeneid , relate to the historical descendants of Mattan I.

literature

  • Bruno Meissner, Erich Ebeling, Ernst Weidner, Wolfram von Soden, Dietz Otto Edzard: Reallexikon der Assyriologie , Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 3-110-18535-0

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ D. Wilkinson: The Power Configuration Sequence of the Central World System
  2. ^ Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Altenburg 1857-1865, Volume 13, pp. 84-85. (In turn , cites Movers: Über Alterthümer and History of the Phoenicians , Berlin 1841–50; F. Höfer: Caldée, Phénicie etc. , Paris 1852; J. Kenrick: Phenicia , London, 1855; Levy: Phönikische Studien , Breslau. 1856)
  3. ↑ ibid
predecessor Office successor
Baal-Eser II. 863-829 King of Tire
829–820 BC Chr. 		Pumayaton 820-774
personal data
SURNAME Mattan I
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Tire and Sidon
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 9th century BC Chr.