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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4508892, member: 110226"]Arethusa </p><p><br /></p><p><i>ARETHUSA arose </i></p><p><i> From her couch of snows </i></p><p><i>In the Acroceraunian mountains; </i></p><p><i> From cloud and from crag </i></p><p><i> With many a jag, 5</i></p><p><i>Shepherding her bright fountains. </i></p><p><i> She leapt down the rocks, </i></p><p><i> With her rainbow locks </i></p><p><i>Streaming among the streams; </i></p><p><i> Her steps paved with green 10</i></p><p><i> The downward ravine </i></p><p><i>Which slopes to the western gleams; </i></p><p><i> And gliding and springing, </i></p><p><i> She went, ever singing, </i></p><p><i>In murmurs as soft as sleep, 15</i></p><p><i> The earth seemed to love her, </i></p><p><i> And heaven smiled above her, </i></p><p><i>As she lingered towards the deep. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> Then Alpheus bold, </i></p><p><i> On his glacier cold, 20</i></p><p><i>With his trident the mountains strook; </i></p><p><i> And opened a chasm </i></p><p><i> In the rocks;—with the spasm </i></p><p><i>All Erymanthus shook. </i></p><p><i> And the black south-wind 25</i></p><p><i> It concealed behind </i></p><p><i>The urns of the silent snow, </i></p><p><i> And earthquake and thunder </i></p><p><i> Did rend in sunder </i></p><p><i>The bars of the springs below; 30</i></p><p><i> The beard and the hair </i></p><p><i> Of the river-god were </i></p><p><i>Seen through the torrent’s sweep, </i></p><p><i> As he followed the light </i></p><p><i> Of the fleet nymph’s flight 35</i></p><p><i>To the brink of the Dorian deep. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> “O, save me! O, guide me, </i></p><p><i> And bid the deep hide me, </i></p><p><i>For he grasps me now by the hair!” </i></p><p><i> The loud Ocean heard, 40</i></p><p><i> To its blue depth stirred, </i></p><p><i>And divided at her prayer; </i></p><p><i> And under the water </i></p><p><i> The Earth’s white daughter </i></p><p><i>Fled like a sunny beam; 45</i></p><p><i> Behind her descended </i></p><p><i> Her billows, unblended </i></p><p><i>With the brackish Dorian stream; </i></p><p><i> Like a gloomy stain </i></p><p><i> On the emerald main 50</i></p><p><i>Alpheus rushed behind,— </i></p><p><i> As an eagle pursuing </i></p><p><i> A dove to its ruin </i></p><p><i>Down the streams of the cloudy wind. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> Under the bowers 55</i></p><p><i> Where the ocean powers </i></p><p><i>Sit on their pearléd thrones; </i></p><p><i> Through the coral woods </i></p><p><i> Of the weltering floods, </i></p><p><i>Over heaps of unvalued stones; 60</i></p><p><i> Through the dim beams </i></p><p><i> Which amid the streams </i></p><p><i>Weave a network of colored light; </i></p><p><i> And under the caves, </i></p><p><i> Where the shadowy waves 65</i></p><p><i>Are as green as the forest’s night;— </i></p><p><i> Outspeeding the shark, </i></p><p><i> And the sword-fish dark, </i></p><p><i>Under the ocean foam, </i></p><p><i> And up through the rifts 70</i></p><p><i> Of the mountain clifts </i></p><p><i>They passed to their Dorian home. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> And now from their fountains </i></p><p><i> In Enna’s mountains, </i></p><p><i>Down one vale where the morning basks, 75</i></p><p><i> Like friends once parted, </i></p><p><i> Grown single-hearted, </i></p><p><i>They ply their watery tasks. </i></p><p><i> At sunrise they leap </i></p><p><i> From their cradles steep 80</i></p><p><i>In the cave of the shelving hill; </i></p><p><i> At noontide they flow </i></p><p><i> Through the woods below </i></p><p><i>And the meadows of asphodel; </i></p><p><i> And at night they sleep 85</i></p><p><i> In the rocking deep </i></p><p><i>Beneath the Ortygian shore;— </i></p><p><i> Like spirits that lie </i></p><p><i> In the azure sky </i></p><p><i>When they love but live no more.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two tetradrachms from my collection: one from the period of the Deinomenid Tyranny, and the second from the period of the tyrant Agathokles.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily</p><p>Syracuse</p><p>Deinomenid Tyranny</p><p>Circa 480-475 BC </p><p>Obverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa facing right, surrounded by four dolphins, legend : "Of Syracuse"</p><p>Reverse: Slow quadriga facing right, Nike above</p><p>Boehringer 216 (V95/R147)</p><p>17.29 grams</p><p>ex. CNG</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1117551[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily</p><p>Syracuse</p><p>Agathokles</p><p>Circa 317-310 BC</p><p>Obverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa facing right, surrounded by three dolphins, NK below (magistrate)</p><p>Reverse: Galloping quadriga left, counterclockwise triskeles above, ΣYPAKOΣIΩN below, with monogram</p><p>17.0 grams</p><p>ex Harlan Berk</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1117548[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4508892, member: 110226"]Arethusa [I]ARETHUSA arose From her couch of snows In the Acroceraunian mountains; From cloud and from crag With many a jag, 5 Shepherding her bright fountains. She leapt down the rocks, With her rainbow locks Streaming among the streams; Her steps paved with green 10 The downward ravine Which slopes to the western gleams; And gliding and springing, She went, ever singing, In murmurs as soft as sleep, 15 The earth seemed to love her, And heaven smiled above her, As she lingered towards the deep. Then Alpheus bold, On his glacier cold, 20 With his trident the mountains strook; And opened a chasm In the rocks;—with the spasm All Erymanthus shook. And the black south-wind 25 It concealed behind The urns of the silent snow, And earthquake and thunder Did rend in sunder The bars of the springs below; 30 The beard and the hair Of the river-god were Seen through the torrent’s sweep, As he followed the light Of the fleet nymph’s flight 35 To the brink of the Dorian deep. “O, save me! O, guide me, And bid the deep hide me, For he grasps me now by the hair!” The loud Ocean heard, 40 To its blue depth stirred, And divided at her prayer; And under the water The Earth’s white daughter Fled like a sunny beam; 45 Behind her descended Her billows, unblended With the brackish Dorian stream; Like a gloomy stain On the emerald main 50 Alpheus rushed behind,— As an eagle pursuing A dove to its ruin Down the streams of the cloudy wind. Under the bowers 55 Where the ocean powers Sit on their pearléd thrones; Through the coral woods Of the weltering floods, Over heaps of unvalued stones; 60 Through the dim beams Which amid the streams Weave a network of colored light; And under the caves, Where the shadowy waves 65 Are as green as the forest’s night;— Outspeeding the shark, And the sword-fish dark, Under the ocean foam, And up through the rifts 70 Of the mountain clifts They passed to their Dorian home. And now from their fountains In Enna’s mountains, Down one vale where the morning basks, 75 Like friends once parted, Grown single-hearted, They ply their watery tasks. At sunrise they leap From their cradles steep 80 In the cave of the shelving hill; At noontide they flow Through the woods below And the meadows of asphodel; And at night they sleep 85 In the rocking deep Beneath the Ortygian shore;— Like spirits that lie In the azure sky When they love but live no more.[/I] Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) Here are two tetradrachms from my collection: one from the period of the Deinomenid Tyranny, and the second from the period of the tyrant Agathokles. Sicily Syracuse Deinomenid Tyranny Circa 480-475 BC Obverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa facing right, surrounded by four dolphins, legend : "Of Syracuse" Reverse: Slow quadriga facing right, Nike above Boehringer 216 (V95/R147) 17.29 grams ex. CNG [ATTACH=full]1117551[/ATTACH] Sicily Syracuse Agathokles Circa 317-310 BC Obverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa facing right, surrounded by three dolphins, NK below (magistrate) Reverse: Galloping quadriga left, counterclockwise triskeles above, ΣYPAKOΣIΩN below, with monogram 17.0 grams ex Harlan Berk [ATTACH=full]1117548[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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