Belus (Egyptian)

Belus (Latin Belus, Greek Βῆλος ) - the Hellenized name of Baal - In Greek mythology, king of Egypt, the son of Poseidon and Libya. This was in turn the daughter of Epaphos and thus granddaughter of Io and thus Belus brother of the Phoenician Agenor.

With Anchinoë, the daughter of the river god Nilus, begat Belus, according to legend, the twins Aegyptus and Danaus, from which is derived a whole Hero narrowness bad. Also Cepheus and Phineus, and a daughter, Thronia be specified as the descendants of this couple. From Phineus is, however, also says he was the uncle, brother, or - as the son of Agenor - Been nephew of Belus. Belus is also considered mythical founder of Babylon.

His name is after Robert Graves derived from the Sumerian moon goddess Belili and should correspond to the Hebrew Baal of the Old Testament, as well as the Bel of the Apocrypha. Thus, it is more of a title ( " Mr ", " king ", "God " ) as a proper name.