Talk:Sardus

The libyan hercules
there is a handful of sources that mantion the libyan hercules as a libyan version of the greek on and him being a son of osiris and a mortal women and also father of sardus himself. Jake106meme (talk) 21:48, 1 December 2023 (UTC)


 * See this edit. There is also a chapter about the relation between Melqart and Heracles in the Oxford Handbook of Hercules (p.464 and after). R Prazeres (talk) 22:57, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @R Prazeres Makeres isnt quite same there is differences in the story. Maybe it was pheonicians who claimed he is malqart. Makeres story is that he was king if tribe and he invaded siwa then built a large fort surrounded by snakes and water in sahara (i believe this a story of germa) and also son if osiris unlike malqart Jake106meme (talk) 19:23, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * R Prazeres is right. "Libyan Hercules" is Melqart. Gods in the ancient world don't have "canonical" versions of their stories, so differences aren't that important. Plus, things that Greek and Roman authors report about local legends are always a bit suspect, since they're usually changing things and euhemerizing the gods.--Ermenrich (talk) 19:42, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I disagree here is the thing if a historian identified Malqart with Makeres it is the same as the greek historian identifying thor with hercules it may be different the myth it self establishes differences. Some of the Roman Legends identify egyptian Gods with the roman gods (aka greek gods but with different name) Makeres may be influenced by malqart but not same Character Maybe deserve his own Jake106meme (talk) 19:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * We follow what modern reliable sources say here. That you personally think they're different is not relevant if modern reliable sources say they're the same, or similar enough to use one name anyway.--Ermenrich (talk) 21:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It isn’t what I personally think it is that Makeres much Like Hercules is the Libyan Version of Malqart Which may be similar or close but different Jake106meme (talk) 04:47, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry, you need a WP:RELIABLE SOURCE, and something from the 19th century doesn't count because WP:AGE MATTERS.--Ermenrich (talk) 14:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * In search Of The Pheonicians Chapter:6 page 126 (https://books.google.com.ly/books?id=OEKdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&dq=Sardus+is+not+melqart&hl=ar&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikxY_luPaCAxW2EBAIHS4JDb0Q6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=Sardus%20is%20not%20melqart&f=false) Jake106meme (talk) 18:54, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * That source says that Sardus is the son of Melqart, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.--Ermenrich (talk) 18:57, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It makes a distinction between the two claiming both makeris and hercules are two versions of malqart Jake106meme (talk) 19:02, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Are you not reading the same thing I am? It explicitly says "On Sardinia, for instance, the second-century CE Greek author Pausanias records a story associating 'Herakles' with one 'Makeris,' surely an attempt to render Melqart into Greek." So no, it does not do what you claim.--Ermenrich (talk) 19:04, 4 December 2023 (UTC)