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Pygmalion
Pygmalion (c. 831–785 BCE) was a Phoenician king of Tyre, a member of the Tyrian royal house;…
Timeline
- -831–-785Tyre · TyreAcceded as king of Tyre around 831 BCE and reigned for nearly half a century. Classical tradition holds that power struggles with his brother-in-law Sychaeus and his sister Dido ultimately led to Dido's exile to North Africa.
Sources
- Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus XVIII.4–6 — Justin
- Virgil, Aeneid I.343–368 — Virgil