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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2828302, member: 82322&quot;]River god <b>Pyramos</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]665933[/ATTACH] </p><p>CILICIA, Mallos. 4th century BC. Æ 12mm (1.30g).</p><p>Obv: ΠΥ; Wreathed head of Pyramos right</p><p>Rev: ΜΑΛ; Facing gorgoneion.</p><p><i>SNG France</i> 406-408; <i>SNG Levante</i> 172. </p><p>ex Classical Numismatic Group, e-auction 174, October 2007, lot 55.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia tells us: In Ovid&#039;s <i>Metamorphoses</i>, Pyramus and Thisbe are two lovers in the city of Babylon who occupy connected houses/walls, forbidden by their parents to be wed, because of their parents&#039; rivalry. The tragedy of <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> ultimately sprang from Ovid&#039;s story. ... As in <i>Pyramus and Thisbe</i>, the mistaken belief in one lover&#039;s death leads to consecutive suicides.&nbsp; While in Ovid&#039;s telling Pyramus and Thisbe lived in Babylon, the myth probably originated in Cilicia as Pyramos is the historical Greek name of the local Ceyhan River. The metamorphosis in the primary story involves Pyramus changing into this river and Thisbe into a nearby spring.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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