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=== Other writings === * ''[[Apollonius of Tyre]]'' is the subject of an ancient short novella, popular in the Middle Ages. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, the text is thought to be translated from an ancient Greek manuscript, now lost. * ''[[Pericles, Prince of Tyre]]'' is a [[Jacobean era|Jacobean]] play written at least in part by [[William Shakespeare]] and [[George Wilkins]]. It is included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship. * In 19th-century Britain, Tyre was several times taken as an [[wikt:exemplar|exemplar]] of the mortality of great power and status, for example by [[John Ruskin]] in the opening lines of ''[[The Stones of Venice (book)|''The Stones of Venice'']]'' and by [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s [[Recessional (poem)|Recessional]]. * Tyrus is the title and subject of a poem by the [[Lake District|Cumbrian]] poet [[Norman Nicholson]] in his collection 'Rock Face' of 1948. * The French [[comic book artist]] [[Albert Uderzo]] published in 1981 ''[[Asterix and the Black Gold]]'' which describes [[Asterix]]'s and [[Obelix]]'s voyage to the Middle East featuring [[James Bond]] and biblical themes: in their quest for petroleum, they sail on board a Phoenician ship, but the Roman regime closes off the ports of Tyre in order to deny their landing. * In 2015, the [[French people in Lebanon|French Lebanese]] artist Joseph Safieddine published the [[graphic novel]] drama ''Yallah Bye'' which offers an account of his family's fate during the 2006 war between Israel and [[Hezbollah]], when they sought refuge in the Christian quarter of Tyre. An English version followed in 2017 and an Arabic one in 2019.
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