Hamilcar Barca - Hamilcar in Literature

Hamilcar in Literature

  • Salammbô, by Gustave Flaubert
  • Pride of Carthage, by David Anthony Durham
  • The cat of the titular protagonist of The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, by Anatole France, begins the book with a cat named Hamilcar, and ends it with a kitten named Hannibal.
  • In the manga Bio Booster Armor Guyver, one of the villains is named Hamilcar Barcas.
  • The father of the protagonist, Claus Valca, in the anime television series Last Exile is named Hamilcar Valca, "Valca" being a Japanese mis-transliteration of "Barca" (V for B, and L for R).
  • In the 2002 film The Emperor's Club, starring Kevin Kline, Hamilcar Barca is the subject of a question asked during the final stages of an educational competition. The question, trivial in nature, initiates an important turning point in how events of the story unfold.

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