Sufax
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Sufax, Syphax, Sufaqs or Sophax () was a hero in Berber and Greek mythology.
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Vinony's link graph records 21 inbound references to Sufax, and connects out to traditional Berber religion, North Africa and Ancient Greece.
Vinony files it under Berber mythology, Characters in Berber mythology and Children of Heracles.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- greek
- Deity.name
- Sufax
- Deity.abode
- Libya
- Deity.parents
- Heracles and Tinjis
- Deity.deity_of
- Founder of Tangier
- Deity.member_of
- the Libyan Royal Family Progenitor of the Numidian dynasty
- Deity.other_names
- Sophax, Syphax, Sufaqs
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Family
- Mythology
- Notes
- References
Sufax, Syphax, Sufaqs or Sophax () was a hero in Berber and Greek mythology.
== Family == According to the myth, Sufax was the son of goddess Tinjis from her second marriage to the hero Heracles, and the grandson of Zeus and mortal Alcmene. His half-sister was likely Iphinoe, and his half-brother (and possible half-nephew) was Palaemon, son of Iphinoe and Heracles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sufax” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.