Belus
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Belus or Belos may be:
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- The classical Latin or Greek rendition of Bel (god) the Semitic honorific
- Ba`al as a Semitic deity
- Belus (Babylonian)Belus (Babylonian)Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts in a Babylonian context refers to the Babylonian god Bel Marduk. Though often identified with Greek Zeus and Latin Jupiter as Zeus Belos or Jupiter Belus, in other cases Belus is euhemerized as an ancient king who founded Babylon and...
, the Greek Zeus Belos and Latin Jupiter Belus as translations of the Babylonian god Bel Marduk - Belus (Assyrian)Belus (Assyrian)Belus or Belos in classical Greek or classical Latin texts in an Assyrian context refers to one or another purportedly ancient and historically nonexistent Assyrian king, such king in part at least a euhemerization of the Babylonian god Bel Marduk.Belus most commonly appears as the father of...
: a purported king of Assyria in Greek historiography - Belus (Egyptian)Belus (Egyptian)Belus was in Greek mythology a king of Egypt and father of Aegyptus and Danaus and brother to Agenor. The wife of Belus has been named as Achiroe, or Side ....
(sometimes called Belus I), a king of Egypt in Greek mythology - Belus IIBelus IIFor other individuals with this name, see Belus.Belus II is in Virgil's Aeneid the king of Tyre and father of Dido, Pygmalion of Tyre, and Anna. As such this Belus is to be equated with the historical King Matan I of Tyre....
, father of Dido in Greek mythology - Belus (Lydian). See OmphaleOmphaleIn Greek mythology, Omphale was a daughter of Iardanus, either a king of Lydia, or a river-god. Omphale was queen of the kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor; according to Bibliotheke she was the wife of Tmolus, the oak-clad mountain king of Lydia; after he was gored to death by a bull, she continued...
. He was a grandson of Heracles and ancestor of the Heraclid dynasty in Lydia according to Herodotus.
- Beloš VukanovićBeloš VukanovićBeloš , a member of the Vukanović dynasty of Serbia, was the Regent of Hungary 1141-1146 alongside his sister Helen, who was married to Béla II with whom she had a son, Géza II, still an infant. He held the title of dux, and was the viceregal of Croatia 1142-1158 and 1163. Beloš, as a member of...
or Beluš, Regent of Hungary 1141-1146, Ban of Croatia 1142-1158, Grand Prince of Serbia 1162
toponymy
- Belus RiverBelus RiverBelus or Belos is a small river in north-western Israel, where according to legend, mentioned by Isidore of Seville in his glass-making was invented.This river is identified with what is now called the Na'aman River , near Acre.Pliny the Elder Belus or Belos is a small river in north-western...
, a river in Israel - BélusBélusBélus is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....
, a town in the Landes department of France
taxonomy
- Belus (genus), a genus of primitive weevils.
other
- Belus (album)Belus (album)- Charts :...
, a Burzum album. - HMS Belos (A214)HMS Belos (A214)HMS Belos is a submarine rescue ship in the Swedish Navy's 1st Submarine flotilla. She carries Sjöugglan, Argus, Mantis and URF. She is also capable of carrying the British LR5.- History :...
, a submarine rescue ship in the Swedish Navy.