Astarymus, the Glossary
Astarymus (also called Aserymus; possibly Phoenician: 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤓𐤌 ‘štrrm, "Ashtar is great") was a king of Tyre and the third of four brothers who held the kingship.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Abdastartus, Astartus, Carthage, Deleastartus, Dido, Frank Moore Cross, Josephus, King of Tyre, Menander of Ephesus, Phelles, Phoenician language, Pygmalion of Tyre, Tyre, Lebanon.
- 934 BC births
- 9th-century BC deaths
- 9th-century BC kings of Tyre
Abdastartus
Abdastartus (Phoenician: 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 ’bd’štrt, possibly pronounced akin to ’Abd-’Ashtart) was a king of Tyre, son of Baal-Eser I (Beleazarus) and grandson of Hiram I. The only information available about Abdastartus comes from the following citation of the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus, in Josephus's Against Apion i.18: Upon the death of Hirom, Beleazarus his son took the kingdom; he lived forty-three years, and reigned seven years: after him succeeded his son Abdastartus; he lived twenty-nine years, and reigned nine years.
Astartus
Astartus was a king of Tyre and the first of four brothers who held the kingship.
Carthage
Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.
Deleastartus
Deleastartus (Dalay-‘Ashtart) was a king of Tyre and the second of four brothers who held the kingship. Astarymus and Deleastartus are 9th-century BC kings of Tyre.
See Astarymus and Deleastartus
Dido
Dido, also known as Elissa (Ἔλισσα), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC.
Frank Moore Cross
Frank Moore Cross Jr. (July 13, 1921 – October 16, 2012) was the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University, notable for his work in the interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, his 1973 magnum opus Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, and his work in Northwest Semitic epigraphy.
See Astarymus and Frank Moore Cross
Josephus
Flavius Josephus (Ἰώσηπος,; AD 37 – 100) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader.
King of Tyre
The King of Tyre was the ruler of Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon.
See Astarymus and King of Tyre
Menander of Ephesus
Menander of Ephesus (Μένανδρος; fl. c. early 2nd century BC) was the historian whose lost work on the history of Tyre was used by Josephus, who quotes Menander's list of kings of Tyre in his apologia for the Jews, Against Apion (1.18).
See Astarymus and Menander of Ephesus
Phelles
Phelles was a King of Tyre and the last of four brothers who held the kingship. The only information available about Phelles comes from Josephus’s citation of the Phoenician author Menander of Ephesus, in Against Apion i.18. Here it is said that Phelles slew his brother Aserymus (Astarymus) and then “took the kingdom, and reigned but eight months, though he lived fifty years: he was slain by Ithobalus (Ithobaal I), the priest of Astarte.” He and the three preceding kings were brothers, sons of the nurse of Abdastartus, according to Menander. Astarymus and Phelles are 9th-century BC kings of Tyre.
Phoenician language
Phoenician (Phoenician) is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region surrounding the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
See Astarymus and Phoenician language
Pygmalion of Tyre
Pygmalion (Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων; Latin) was king of Tyre from 831 to 785 BCE and a son of King Mattan I (840–832 BC). Astarymus and Pygmalion of Tyre are 9th-century BC kings of Tyre.
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Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (translit; translit; Týros) or Tyr, Sur, or Sour is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population.
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See also
934 BC births
- Astarymus
9th-century BC deaths
- Ashurnasirpal II
- Astarymus
- Ben-Hadad I
- Hornakht
- Irhuleni
- Jezebel
- Wang Bo Jiang
- Zechariah ben Jehoiada