Apropå Kartagos grundande och deras feniciska kopplingar läste jag i Världens historia om en legend angående grundandet.
Staden grundades av den feniciska prinsessan Dido som var tvungen att fly sitt hemland.
När hon kom fram tillät lokalbefolkningen henne att endast ta så mycket mark en oxhud täckte.
Smart som hon var skar hon upp huden i långa strimlor och kunde på så sätt täcka ett stort område som hon också fick av befolkningen.
Hittade den här sidan som bekräftar det och som även tar upp en annan myt.
http://www.livius.org/cao-caz/cartha...thage_t01.html
Citat:
An inclination to detain the strangers was felt also by the Africans; and, accordingly, with the consent of all, Carthage was founded, an annual tribute being fixed for the ground which it was to occupy. At the commencement of digging the foundations an ox's head was found, which was an omen that the city would be wealthy, indeed, but laborious and always enslaved. It was therefore removed to another place, where the head of a horse was found, which, indicating that the people would be warlike and powerful, portended an auspicious site. In a short time, as the surrounding people came together at the report, the inhabitants became numerous, and the city itself extensive.
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