Yes, exactly. The initiated realize Acheloios is water, which is the earlier view stemming from Near Eastern and Cypriot traditions, long before...
Thanks. I did a poor job translating this note from the Italian: Okeanus vs Okeanos/ Euripides vs Euripedes. Lots of inconsistencies I thought I...
I'm hoping this is large enough to read- it's a lengthy footnote from our work discussing Okeanos: [ATTACH] Beaulieu's work is available online...
Ha. I never noticed that.
One of the most important pieces of evidence is that the earliest versions of Homer apparently didn't mention Ocean- he was added later. A few...
Oceanus as the god of water is a slightly later Greek myth. In some early accounts he was equated with Sky and Zeus (in the Derveni Papyrus, for...
ROMAN REPUBLIC (Provincial Issue), Spain, Malaca. Circa 80-20 BC. Æ 23mm. Head of Hephaistos (Vulcan) right wearing flat cap; tongs behind /...
Thanks. It is one of those coins I saw and just had to buy.
My wife is trying to get me to take it down now that the book is done :(
That was my grandmother's. It has lion paw feet.
Please do. And if you have any question please ask them. The shrine is actually in a converted gazebo in the back yard, overlooking a little...
And here is my shrine to Acheloios. So if you live near Massachusetts and want to pick up a copy and visit the shrine, that's ok too ;) [ATTACH]
Potamikon, the book about man-faced bulls which I wrote with Nicola Sisci, is due this month. For general information, see here:...
Here's one of Vulcan and Helios (or is it Sol?). [ATTACH]
Exactly.
Me and my mother at my daughter's 3rd bday this past weekend: [ATTACH] And a neat MFB: [ATTACH]
I want one! Here are my candidates: Are Grave As:[ATTACH] Elymais: [ATTACH] MFB: [ATTACH]
That's a great example, too!
If the reverse were struck about 3mm to left the coin would fetch a few thousand. But you still get a lot of man-face. The obverse is one of the...
Actually, it looks like NEWPOLITWN, not NEAPOLITWN.
Separate names with a comma.
