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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5141355, member: 19463"]I am 100% with dltsrq on this one and regret that modern people try to force their way of looking at things on the ancient civilizations who made these coins. Even today the 'scientific' name for the lion is <i>Panthera leo</i> honoring the concept that Panthera means 'big cat'. The genus includes P. pardus and P. tigris and all are Panthers in that sense of the word. Add to that the fact that there was a mythological belief in a godly cat Panther and we might forgive and forget language differences that provide popular names for 'real' animals. Do you see spots on this Panther? If so, do you believe that Dionysos carried a spotted staff? This coin of Septimius Severus shows a panthera not because of its anatomy but because it is shown as a companion of Liber (Dionysos). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206330[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5141355, member: 19463"]I am 100% with dltsrq on this one and regret that modern people try to force their way of looking at things on the ancient civilizations who made these coins. Even today the 'scientific' name for the lion is [I]Panthera leo[/I] honoring the concept that Panthera means 'big cat'. The genus includes P. pardus and P. tigris and all are Panthers in that sense of the word. Add to that the fact that there was a mythological belief in a godly cat Panther and we might forgive and forget language differences that provide popular names for 'real' animals. Do you see spots on this Panther? If so, do you believe that Dionysos carried a spotted staff? This coin of Septimius Severus shows a panthera not because of its anatomy but because it is shown as a companion of Liber (Dionysos). [ATTACH=full]1206330[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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