From the Particulars to the General: Acheloios and His Sinews

Pre-recorded rehearsal for a talk given at an ANS long table now uploaded to academia.

https://www.academia.edu/video/k0YKnj

 

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Do I have to set up and account to listen to it?

 

I'm not sure about that--perhaps.

 

Nicholas - I enjoyed your well illustrated lecture and look
forward to the next 2 volumes of your catalogue

 

That was a fun presentation, well organized with observations and research that logically supported your theory. Well done, and it was nice to see you in your element .

I liked the preview shot too :




SICILY, Selinos
Circa 410 BCE
AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h
Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above
Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right
Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.
ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;
ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;
ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript

 

The lengthier, original iteration of the argument can be found in the academia preview:

https://www.academia.edu/12178427/Π...Origin_and_Identity_Oxford_Archaeopress_2016_

bonus:

Stained glass Acheloios from Santa!

 

I will likely have to recruit some help because Dr. Sisci is far too busy to commit for the foreseeable future. I plan to post a project overview and call for collaborators this year. So, if you’re out there and want to join the Society of the Man-Faced Bull and can commit many, many hours to a niche book that a select few will read and care about, stay tuned.