Talk:Heraclea Minoa

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Alt names[edit]

Removed these from the lead

Hêrakleia Minôia: Eth. Rhachlôtês, Heracliensis

since they don't seem to make any sense. I guess the first is a bad/irregular Greek translit and the last might be a diocese? In any case, if any editor wants to restore them, kindly explain what they mean and place them in the appropriate place. The Greek translit doesn't go with an Italian name in the middle and the diocese name doesn't go in the lead of the city article. — LlywelynII 16:46, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Punic name[edit]

Well, Huss (1985), p. 566 offers his opinion that Heraclea Minoa was probably known to the Carthaginians as RŠMLQRT (=Punic: 𐤓𐤔‬𐤌‬𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕 = Rush Melqart = "Cape Melqart") in

Huss, Werner (1985), Geschichte der Karthager, Munich: C.H. Beck. (in German)

but I guess I'll park this on the talk page since Cefalù on the other side of the island currently has that name. It might be that there were two Rush Melqarts or it might be that Huss's identification has been shown incorrect on the basis of further excavation &c. — LlywelynII 17:11, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, fwiw,

Chaker, Salem; et al. (2017), "RUS- (<RO´Š), Préfixe Punique", Encyclopédie Berbère, vol. Vol. XL, Louvain: Peeters, pp. 7101–7103 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help). (in French)

doesn't give any cites of its own but also baldly states that Heraclea Minoa was Cape Melqart to the Punics. — LlywelynII 13:56, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ršmlqrt is only known from coinage - which site it should be identified with is widely discussed, but I don't think that there is a generally accepted opinion. At some point, Ršmlqrt should probably have its own wikipedia page. In the meanwhile, 'was probably known as' or 'may have been known as' strikes me as an acceptable description of Herakleia Minoa. Furius (talk) 18:37, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]