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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nvb, post: 4856643, member: 99531&quot;][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] it sure seems to me that the modern imagery of Satan was borrowed heavily from the Greeks, particularly Satyrs. (Possible etymology connection?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps this was intentional - associating core imagery of other, non-Christian belief systems with the root of all evil, the antithesis of God.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pan and the Satyrs with the goat’s body and horns</p><p>The untamed Satyr’s lack of impulse control</p><p>The trident of Poseidon</p><p>The hooves and horns of the man headed bull</p><p>The pentagrams..</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m no scholar, nor am I religious - but there has to be a relationship there..</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s a coin to keep it legal</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172705[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>MACEDON UNDER ROMAN PROTECTORATE</b>.</p><p>Ae (Circa 142-141 BC or 167-165 BC). Thessalonika.</p><p>Obv: Facing head of Silenos, wearing ivy wreath.</p><p>Rev: MAKE / ΔONΩN.</p><p>Legend in two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; BMC 55; HGC 3.1, 1117.</p><p>Weight: 11.25 g.</p><p>Diameter: 24 mm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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