Mattan I.

Mattan was I. 829-821 BC King of Tyre and Sidon. . He inherited the reign of his father, Baal - Ezer II Mattan I was the father of Pygmalion (actually Pumayaton ), which in turn Tyros 820-774 BC dominated. In his will, he shall in addition to Pygmalion and his daughter Elissa ( Dido ) and her husband have Akerbas ( Askarbaal ) or Sychäos ( Sicharbaal ) used as heirs of power. Akerbas was a representative of the aristocracy and thus hated the people. After his assassination, Elissa fled with a part of the aristocracy over the sea to North Africa, where she is said to have founded 814 BC Carthage. However, other sources lay the foundation of Carthage prior to 890. BC, what would other numbers for the life data of Mattan. It is unclear how closely Virgil figures Pygmalion and Dido, of which he tells in the Aeneid relate to the historical descendants of Mattan I..