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Heliopolitan Triad
The
cult
of the
Heliopolitan
Triad
was
Canaanite
in
essence
but the
Romans
adopted
it when they
conquered
the city
of
Heliopolis
in the
Beqaa Valley
of
Lebanon
. The
Canaanite god
Baʿal
was equated with
Jupiter Heliopolitanus
,
Astarte
or
Atargatis
with
Venus Heliopolitana
and
Adon
, the
god
of
spring
, with
Mercury
.
The Romans
built
magnificent
temples
for the Heliopolitan Triad in Heliopolis.
Votives
dedicated
to
the cult
were also found in
the village
of
Bechouat
in Lebanon.
