Sid
Punic · demigod · mythic · Recorded classification
Sid Addir, the eponymous hero-god of Punic Sardinia and son of Melqart-Herakles, worshipped at the temple of Antas and interpreted by the Romans as Sardus Pater Babai. Authored as a demigod (son of the god Melqart; eponymous hero). CORRECTION to a common over-claim: although Tanit's cult is widespread in Punic Sardinia, Tanit is NOT specifically attested in cult AT the temple of Antas; she appears only as Sid's reconstructed mother (Tanit/Astarte) in the modern genealogy. The Sid↔Tanit-at-Antas link is therefore NOT wired. The Sardus Pater interpretatio is recorded as an epithet, not a relation (counterpart not in this batch).
Parentage
- father: Melqart
Domains
- eponymous hero of sardinia
- hunt and war
Powers
- Personifies and names the island of Sardinia
Epithets
- Sid Addir (ṣd ʾdr, 'Sid the Mighty')His cult-name in the Punic dedications of Sardinia.Punic dedications, temple of Antas (primary)
- Sardus Pater BabaiHis Roman interpretatio — 'Father Sardus' — the eponym of Sardinia. Recorded as an interpretatio epithet (the Roman counterpart is not a figure in this batch).Latin architrave of the temple of Antas (TEMPL. DE SARDI PATRIS BAB.) (primary)
Relations
- son of: MelqartSon of Melqart-Herakles (reciprocal of punic_melqart father-of). Partly reconstructed — from the classical Sardus/Makeris genealogy and the Antas cult assemblage, not a single Punic filiation formula.Pausanias 10.17 and Sallust (Sardus son of Makeris/Herakles = Melqart); cult assemblage at Antas (Melqart present with Sid) (primary); E. Lipiński, Dieux et déesses de l'univers phénicien et punique (Studia Phoenicia XIV, 1995) (secondary)