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The Phoenician remains give us no such name; but as Philo Byblius has an "Athene" among his Phoenician deities, whom he makes the daughter of Il, or Kronos, and the queen of Attica, it is perhaps best to allow Onca to retain her place in the Phoenician Pantheon.
The Phoenician alphabet Its wide use Its merits Question of its origin Its defects Phoenician writing and language Resemblance of the language to Hebrew In the vocabulary In the grammar Points of difference between Phoenician and Hebrew Scantiness of the literature Phoenician history of Philo Byblius Extracts Periplus of Hanno Phoenician epigraphic literature Inscription of Esmunazar Inscription of Tabnit Inscription of Jehav-melek Marseilles inscription Short inscriptions on votive offerings and tombs Range of Phoenician book-literature.
Originally, Melkarth would seem to have been a mere epithet, representing one aspect of Baal. But the two names in course of time drifted apart, and Melicertes, in Philo Byblius, has no connection at all with Baal-samin.
He says that she was represented as riding upon a lion, and it is probably her form which appears upon some of the later coins of Carthage, as well as upon a certain number of gems. The origin of the name is uncertain. The subject is very obscure, and requires further investigation. Baaltis, or Beltis, was, according to Philo Byblius, the daughter of Uranus and the sister of Asthoreth or Astarte.
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