Gisgo or Gisco is the latinization or hellenization (Greek: Γέσκων, Géskōn) of the Punic masculine given name Gersakkun (����������, GRSKN).[1]
Notable people with the name Gisgo or Gisco include:
- Gisco (died 239 BC), a Carthaginian general who served during the closing years of the First Punic War and took a leading part in the events which sparked the Mercenary War
- Gisgo, son of Hanno the Great, who was a notable general of the Sicilian campaigns of the First Punic War
- Gisgo, a Carthaginian officer at the Battle of Cannae who, noting the great size of the Roman army, provoked Hannibal's retort, "Another thing that has escaped your notice, Gisgo, is even more amazing: That, although there are so many of them, there is not one among them called Gisgo."[2]
See also
- Hasdrubal Gisco ("Hasdrubal, son of Gisco"; died 202 BC), Carthaginian military commander in the Second Punic War
- Hannibal Gisco ("Hannibal, son of Gisco"; c. 295–260 BC), Carthaginian military commander
References
Citations
- ^ Geus (1994), s.v. "Gisgo".
- ^ Lazenby (1978).
Bibliography
- Geus, Klaus (1994), Prosopographie der Literarisch Bezeugten Karthager, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, Vol. 59, Studia Phoenica, No. 13, Leuven: Peeters. (in German)
- Lazenby, J.F. (1978), Hannibal's War, London.