| Title: | Baaltis or Ba'alat Gebal |
| Original Title: | Baaltis |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), p. 4 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | E.M. Langille [St. Francis Xavier University] |
| Subject terms: |
Mythology
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis. "Baaltis or Ba'alat Gebal." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by E.M. Langille. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2020. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.807>. Trans. of "Baaltis," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis. "Baaltis or Ba'alat Gebal." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by E.M. Langille. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.807 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Baaltis," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:4 (Paris, 1752). |
Baaltis or Ba'alat Gebal. Goddess worshiped by the Phoenicians. She was believed to be the sister of Astarte and the wife of Saturn for whom she bore only daughters. She is believed to be same goddess as the Greek Diana [Artemis], and was particularly revered at Byblos under the name of Baaltis .