Tinjis () (also called Tinga, and also spelled as Tingis) was a Libyan queen as the wife of King Antaeus in Berber and Greek mythology,Travel Morocco: Guide, Maps, and Phrasebook. Includes: Rabat, Casablanca... by MobileReference and some kind of a female deity.
Family Tinjis' husband was the son of Poseidon and Gaia.North Africa: The Roman Coast by Ethel Davis Tinjis bore Antaeus daughters named Alceis or BarceScholiasts on Pindar, Pythian Ode 9 and probably Iphinoe who mothered Palaemon by the hero Heracles.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 663
Mythology The historian and archaeologist Mustapha Ouachi noticed that the city Tangier is geographically related to its myth. The mother of Antaeus was the goddess of the Earth whereas the father of Antaeus was Poseidon who was the god of the sea, according to the Libyan legend. In addition, Herodotus considered Poseidon to be an ancient Libyan god that was adopted by the ancient Greeks, like Athena.According to Plutarch, the Amazigh believed that Heracles consorted with Tinjis after the death of Antaeus and that Heracles and Tinjis were the parents of Sufax. According to their myth, Sufax built the city Tingis (now called Tangier) and named it after his mother.Plutarch, Life of Sertorius 9.4.
In fact, Tangier is believed to have been built by Berbers. It was an important city of the kingdom of Mauretania. The name of Sufax, mythical king and founder of Tangier,Livy, 30.12Syphax or Sophax: king of the Masaeisylians in Numidia is similar to that of Syphax, king of the Masaesyli tribe of western Numidia.
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External links Plutarch, The Parallel Lives: The Life of Sertorius