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Sufax (also ''Sophax'', ''Syphax'' or ''Sufaqs'' like in the name of the current city Sfax, Tunisia) was a hero or demigod from the and Greek mythologies.〔(Plutarch, The Parallel Lives: The Life of Sertorius )〕 There was a historical Berber king called Syphax.〔(Livius.org: Syphax )〕 == Life == According to the myth, Sufax was the son of goddess Tinjis from her second marriage to demigod Heracles, and the grandson of god Zeus and mortal Alcmene.〔Hesiod, ''Shield of Heracles'' (1ff. )〕〔Tzetzes on Lycophron 662〕 His half-sister was likely Iphinoe, and his half-brother (and possible half-nephew) was Palaemon, son of Iphinoe. Sufax replaced his mother’s first husband Antaeus as a guard of the country of the Berbers (or Imazighen).〔Apollodorus, (2.5.11 ); Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' (31 ).〕 He is said to be the founder of Tangier in memory to his mother. According to the Berber mythology, many of the Berber kings are descendents of Suphax who defended their lands. He had a son, Diodorus, who reigned over many North African Berber tribes with the help of the Olympians. According to the ancient Greek historian Plutarch, many of the myths were created in order to give credits to the Numidian king Juba II who considered himself a descendent of Diodorus and Hercules. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sufax」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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