Tinjis
| Tinjis | |
|---|---|
Queen of Libya | |
| Member of the Libyan Royal Family | |
| Other names | Tinga, Tingis |
| Abode | Libya |
| Personal information | |
| Consort | (1) Antaeus (2) Heracles |
| Children | (1) Alceis or Barce and Iphinoe (probably) (2) Sufax |
Tinjis (Berber languages: ⵜⵉⵏⵊⴰ, romanized: Tinja) (also called Tinga, and also spelled as Tingis) was a Libyan queen as the wife of King Antaeus in Berber and Greek mythology,[1] and some kind of a female deity.
Family
Tinjis' husband was the son of
Mythology
The historian and archaeologist Mustapha Ouachi noticed that the city
According to Plutarch, the Amazigh believed that Heracles consorted with Tinjis after the death of Antaeus and that Heracles and Tinjis were the parents of Sufax. According to their myth, Sufax built the city "Tangier" (which was known as Tingis in the ancient sources) and named it after his mother.[5]
In fact, Tangier is believed to have been built by Berbers. It was an important city in an early short-lived kingdom known as Mauretania. The name of Sufax, mythical king and founder of Tangier,[6][7] is similar to that of Syphax, king of the Masaesyli tribe of western Numidia.
Notes
- ^ Travel Morocco: Guide, Maps, and Phrasebook. Includes: Rabat, Casablanca... by MobileReference
- ^ North Africa: The Roman Coast by Ethel Davis
- ^ Scholiasts on Pindar, Pythian Ode 9
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 663
- ^ City of Tangier - A Celebrity Hotspot
- ^ Livy, 30.12
- ^ Syphax or Sophax: king of the Masaeisylians in Numidia
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