Listen to the Summary of Richard Miles's Carthage Must Be Destroyed in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The city of Carthage grew up around this myth, and it was said that Mattan, king of Tyre, had dictated that the kingdom was to be split between his son Pygmalion and his daughter Elissa. However, the people of Tyre were afraid of the instability that such an equitable settlement might cause, and so they protested...