Illustration
A painted limestone bust of Hercules-Melqart. Cyprus, 5th century BCE. The god was an amalgamation of the Greek hero Hercules and the Phoenician god Melqart. (Museo Barracco, Rome)
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Diffendale, D. (2016, May 05). Hercules-Melqart. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5046/hercules-melqart/
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Diffendale, Dan. "Hercules-Melqart." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 05, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5046/hercules-melqart/.
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Diffendale, Dan. "Hercules-Melqart." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 05 May 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5046/hercules-melqart/. Web. 22 Jun 2025.
