Belus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
king of the Assyrians
in the texts
Apologeticum
Assyrian king said to have warred against Jupiter with Saturn.
For according to the history of Thallus, in which it is related that Belus king of the Assyrians and Saturn king of the Titans warred with Jupiter, it is shown that the war preceded the fall of Troy by three hundred and twenty-two years.
De Pallio
Legendary figure, father of Ninus.
But it is irksome to review sad things no less than the vicissitudes of kingdoms — how often even these have changed, from Ninus onward, the offspring of Belus;