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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7394974, member: 83845"]Excellent Amphipolis coin and neat background on the meaning of the epithet. Had you not mentioned the possible etymologies I would probably have instinctively assumed it meant something like “bull-city” or “bull of the city” without noting the polis / polos difference. Your coin is proof that Europa didn’t have the market cornered on bull riding ladies.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] . That is a cool coin. It’s interesting how similar the tree in the enclosure is to the ring illustration from Arthur Evans (Fig. 6).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That’s really cool NewStyle. The next time I visit Greece I intend to focus more on the islands with Santorini at the top of the list mostly because of this archeological site... I miss traveling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great photo. Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7394974, member: 83845"]Excellent Amphipolis coin and neat background on the meaning of the epithet. Had you not mentioned the possible etymologies I would probably have instinctively assumed it meant something like “bull-city” or “bull of the city” without noting the polis / polos difference. Your coin is proof that Europa didn’t have the market cornered on bull riding ladies. Thanks [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] . That is a cool coin. It’s interesting how similar the tree in the enclosure is to the ring illustration from Arthur Evans (Fig. 6). That’s really cool NewStyle. The next time I visit Greece I intend to focus more on the islands with Santorini at the top of the list mostly because of this archeological site... I miss traveling. Great photo. Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]
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