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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4639789, member: 99456&quot;]You prompted a check of wikipedia definition: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baetylus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baetylus" rel="nofollow"><b>Baetylus</b></a>, from Semitic <i>bet el</i> &quot;house of god&quot;, sacred stones, objects of worship, endowed with life, dedicated to the gods or revered as symbols of the gods themselves.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146644[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republican, M. Nonius Sufenas</b>, 57 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Head of Saturn right; to left, harpa above <b><span style="color: #006600">baetyl</span></b></p><p><b>Rev:</b> Roma seated left on pile of arms, holding spear and sword, being crowned by Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 421/1</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Stone of Saturn (Kronos):</b> Here&#039;s the very short version - for more see the book quoted below (or many other sources).&nbsp; It was prophesied that Kronos would be overthrown by his own sons.&nbsp; To protect himself, whenever Rhea gave birth, he swallowed his children.&nbsp; Rhea made a plan.&nbsp; When she gave birth to Zeus, she tricked Kronos with a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, and he swallowed it. Zeus grew up and eventually caused Kronos to disgorge the stone and all the other children of the Greek pantheon.</p><blockquote><p>&quot;Zeus himself set up at Delphi the stone which Cronus had disgorged.&nbsp; It is still there, constantly anointed with oil, and strands of unwoven wool are offered upon it.&quot;</p><p>-Robert Graves (1960), <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.125996/page/n43/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.125996/page/n43/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Greek Mythology 1</a></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t recommend the paintings of Saturn by Rubens or Goya to those who are susceptible to nightmares.&nbsp; The fearless can visit the Museo del Prado.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: </b>Omphalos[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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