Pygmalion of Tyre

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Pygmalion (Phoenician: 𐤐𐤌𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤍‎ Pūmayyātān 'Pummay has given'; Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων, romanized: Pugmalíōn; Latin: Pygmalion) was king of Tyre from 831 to 785 BC and a son of King Mattan I (840–832 BC). During Pygmalion's reign, Tyre seems to have shifted the heart of its trading empire from the Middle East to the Mediterranean, as can be judged from the building of new colonies including Kition on Cyprus, Sardinia (see Nora Stone discussion below), and, according to tradition, Carthage. For the story surrounding the founding of Carthage, see Dido.

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