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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15876" /> == | |||
<p> '''''her´a''''' -'''''klēz''''' ( Ἡρακλῆς , <i> '''''Hēraklḗs''''' </i> ). See | <p> Hera´kles is mentioned in , as the [[Tyrian]] god to whom the [[Jewish]] high-priest [[Jason]] sent a religious embassy, with the offering of 300 drachmae of silver. There can be little doubt that this Tyrian [[Hercules]] is the same as the Tyrian Baal, whose worship prevailed in the reign of Ahab, and was introduced directly from [[Phoenicia]] by Ahab's marriage with the [[Sidonian]] princess [[Jezebel]] . </p> <p> The power of nature, which was worshipped under the form of the Tyrian Hercules, Melkarth, Baal, Adonis, [[Moloch]] and whatever his other names are, was that which originates, sustains, and destroys life. These functions of the Deity, according to the Phoenicians, were represented, although not exclusively, by the sun, the influence of which both animates vegetation by its genial warmth, and scorches it up by its fervor. </p> <p> Almost all that we know of the worship of the Tyrian Hercules is preserved by the classical writers, and relates chiefly to the Phoenician colonies, and not to the mother-state. The eagle, the lion, and the thunny-fish, were sacred to him, and are often found on Phoenician coins. Pliny expressly testifies that human sacrifices were offered up every year to the Carthaginian Hercules; which coincides with what is stated of [[Baal]] in , and with the acknowledged worship of Moloch. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4381" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' her´a ''''' - ''''' klēz ''''' ( Ἡρακλῆς , <i> ''''' Hēraklḗs ''''' </i> ). See Hercules . </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_15876"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/herakles Herakles from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_4381"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/herakles Herakles from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_4381"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/herakles Herakles from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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