ERACLE IN ARABIA

L'ANTICA DENOMINAZIONE DI QARYAT conteneva anche il nome di Kahl, un dio apparso improvvisamente tra il II e il I secolo a.C. Recenti ricerche indicano che la sua iconografia potrebbe essere legata a quella dell'onnipresente eroe ellenistico Eracle (o Ercole), una figura di grande importanza nella tarda antichità sia in Asia sia in Africa. In uno dei miti Eracle passa per l'Arabia centrale e combatte il re locale, Emazione, una figura forse basata sul re mineo Ammiytha.…

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