Punic religion

The Punic religion, Carthaginian religion, or Western Phoenician religion in the western Mediterranean was a direct continuation of the Phoenician variety of the polytheistic ancient Canaanite religion. However, significant local differences developed over the centuries following the foundation of Carthage and other Punic communities elsewhere in North Africa, southern Spain, Sardinia, western Sicily, and Malta from the ninth century BC onward. After the conquest of these regions by the Roman Republic in the third and second centuries BC, Punic religious practices continued, surviving until the fourth century AD in some cases. Quotes In fiction The Gods are not of Rome or Italy:They dwell in earth's abyss or with the stars,Their shrines are where we bring heroic hearts:Yet there are spots which to the minds of menSeem set apart for converse with the Gods.On temples by the sea our fancy roamsTo Hercules the Roamer: on high hillsAstarte pours her radiance: Tanais bendsHer bow in tempests, and the thunder hailsChrysaor's sword-flash. On this sultry margeOf nether night and Hades, let us bowBefore the Powers of Silence, Death and Dreams;Of that chaotic Air that, o'er the deepLong brooding, brought forth lightnings in the sky;And of the Fires pent up, ere Æon rose,Parent of all our world, nor first nor last. John Nichol, Hannibal (1873), III, vii External links Category:History of religion