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3 unusual facts about Pygmalion of Tyre


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Pygmalion for discussion of date of founding of Carthage used by Menander

Astartus

A further overview of the chronology of Tyrian kings from Hiram I to Pygmalion, with a discussion of the importance of Dido’s flight from Tyre and eventual founding of Carthage for dating these kings, is found in the Pygmalion article.

Pygmalion of Tyre

The 825 date is taken from the writings of Pompeius Trogus (1st century BC), whose forty-four book Philippic History survives only in abridged form in the works of the Roman historian Justin.



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