Hellenization or Hellenification is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks. In the ancient period, colonization often led to the Hellenization of indigenous peop
One of the mosaics of Delos, Greece with the symbol of the Punic-Phoenician goddess Tanit
The Nisa helmeted warrior, a Hellenistic figure or deity, from the Parthian royal residence and necropolis of Nisa, Turkmenistan, 2nd century BC
Drachma of Mithridates I, showing him wearing a beard and a royal diadem on his head. Reverse side: Heracles/Verethragna, holding a club in his left hand and a cup in his right hand; Greek inscription reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ "of the Great King Arsaces the Philhellene"
Rhyton terminating in the forepart of a wild cat showing Hellenistic influences
Tanit or Tinnit was a chief deity of Ancient Carthage. She is the consort of Baal Hammon. As Ammon is a local Libyan deity, so is Tanit, who represents the matriarchal aspect of Numidian society, and
Hellenization
…One of the mosaics of Delos, Greece with the symbol of the Punic-Phoenician goddess Tanit Hellenization or Hellenification is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks. In the ancient period, colonization…
Carthaginian coin depicting the face of Tanit on the front, and her symbols the horse and the date palm tree in the opposite side.
A Punic coin featuring Tanit, minted in Carthage between 330 and 300 BCE.
Tanit with a lion's head, from the Bardo Museum in Tunisia
Bust of a female figure that has been sometimes hypothesized to represent Tanit, or probably Demeter found in the Carthaginian necropolis of Puig des Molins, dated 4th century BC, housed in the Museum of Puig des Molins in Ibiza, Spain