17. Carthage - Empire Of The Phoenicians
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Hercules' Tenth Labor and the Heraclean Way
- During his tenth labor, Hercules was tasked with stealing the red cattle of the ogre Geryon, who lived in southern Spain near the Phoenician colony of Gades.
- Geryon's cattle were said to have red hides due to their proximity to the setting sun.
- Hercules herded the cattle back to Greece, crossing the Alps and subduing barbarian tribes along the way.
- This journey became known as the Heraclean Way, a series of stories told to Greek, Roman, and Carthaginian children as Melqart became associated with Hercules.
- This myth is tied to the growing Greek settlements in eastern Sicily and their eventual conflict with Carthaginian colonies over land.
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