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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7433331, member: 91461"]The title needs no infusing of hyperbole, buuut it is one of, if not, THE most uttered lines of epic poetry, of all time. Sorry Gilgamesh.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290104[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Though later than Gilgamesh, no line so susinctly embodies the mindset and magic of the ancients while transmitting it to the modern mind, for me. Nor is said more!</p><p>Twice in The Iliad and twenty times in The Odyssey!</p><p>And yes, I did just finish reading the Iliad and the Odyssey again:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290111[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I'm not here to explain epithets. I want to see any coins relating to Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> All memorized and written down by one blind man<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290113[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ionia, Smyrna. Circa 125-115 BC. Æ 20mm (21mm, 8.27g). Phanokrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / The poet Homer seated left, holding scroll. Milne, Autonomous 194a; SNG Copenhagen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin that I cannot get, and slips through my fingers like Narcissus reaching at his own reflection in the stream, is a Hector:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290127[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And I don't recall seeing the antagonist, Achilles on coinage... please prove me wrong:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However, some of my very favorite coins (that just so happen to be some of my most artistic) not only have the heavy hitting ancient Greek pantheon of Gods, referenced by Homie, but some key characters...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290130[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lokris Opuntia</p><p>Hemidrachm around 350 BCE 2.60 g. Head of a nymph with reed wreath, simple ear pendants and necklace to the right / Ajax in the Corinthian helmet with drawn short sword storming to the right, holding above the left arm oval shield with a lion as inner jewelry, spear lying on the ground. BMC 26</p><p>Very nice</p><p><br /></p><p>(I've read that it's Ajax the lesser. Though both of the Ajaxii<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> were mentioned many times as simply the Ajaxes. The greater was nearly equal to Achilles)</p><p><br /></p><p>And then who can forget the loveable image of that old busted up scamp Odysseus finding his old busted up pup after two decades of war and strife:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290139[/ATTACH]</p><p>C. Mamilius Limetanus</p><p>82 BC.</p><p>Silver Serrate Denarius, 4.06 g., 19 mm.</p><p>Obv. Bust of Mercury right, wearing petasus and holding caduceus.</p><p>Rev. Ulysses (Odysseus) greeting his dog Argos who wags his tail in recognition, the scene recounted in Odyssey 17.290 ff.</p><p>Crawford 362/1; Sydenham 741.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the Romans would love for us to believe this guy was more than just a one shot wonder in The Iliad to enhance their prestige:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290138[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julius Caesar</p><p>Denarius fouree, Africa, 47-46 BCE. AR 2.8 g. 18mm, Diademed head of Venus r. Rev. CAESAR Aeneas running l., carrying his father Anchises on his l. shoulder, holding palladium on his outstretched r. hand. This coin represents Caesar’s war coinage for the protracted campaign against the Pompians in Africa culminating in the battle of Thapsus.Cr. 458/1. Syd. 1013.</p><p><br /></p><p>And certainly the gods were center stage during the action.</p><p>Zeus let Troy fall to assuage the woman in his life.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290135[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ptolemy III, Euergetes 246-221 BCE AE28, uncertain mint. Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right. Rx: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae before and C between legs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Namely his wife Hera who is always scheming as well as Athena who plots Troy's destruction (both on one coin<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290133[/ATTACH]</p><p>Phoenicia. Arados</p><p>136-51 BCE. Bronze Æ 16mm., 3,2g. Jugate heads of Zeus and Hera or Poseidon and Amphitrite right / Prow left surmounted by Athena standing left, Phoenician lettering above and date in Phoenician below. very fine Cf. BMC 346</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus Venus, Mars, Pluto. Oh, did I mention Alexander/Paris, brothers Agamemnon and Menelaus, Priam, Helen- whom the Greeks named themselves thereafter, Hellenes. It was the Romans that called them Greeks. And all the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So hopefully you'll share coins with people, Gods, references to, or whatever infiltrates your gates, on the ancient dust up in Troy and its aftermath<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 7433331, member: 91461"]The title needs no infusing of hyperbole, buuut it is one of, if not, THE most uttered lines of epic poetry, of all time. Sorry Gilgamesh. [ATTACH=full]1290104[/ATTACH] Though later than Gilgamesh, no line so susinctly embodies the mindset and magic of the ancients while transmitting it to the modern mind, for me. Nor is said more! Twice in The Iliad and twenty times in The Odyssey! And yes, I did just finish reading the Iliad and the Odyssey again: [ATTACH=full]1290111[/ATTACH] Now I'm not here to explain epithets. I want to see any coins relating to Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey:rage::jimlad: All memorized and written down by one blind man:yawn: [ATTACH=full]1290113[/ATTACH] Ionia, Smyrna. Circa 125-115 BC. Æ 20mm (21mm, 8.27g). Phanokrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / The poet Homer seated left, holding scroll. Milne, Autonomous 194a; SNG Copenhagen. The coin that I cannot get, and slips through my fingers like Narcissus reaching at his own reflection in the stream, is a Hector: [ATTACH=full]1290127[/ATTACH] And I don't recall seeing the antagonist, Achilles on coinage... please prove me wrong: [ATTACH=full]1290128[/ATTACH] However, some of my very favorite coins (that just so happen to be some of my most artistic) not only have the heavy hitting ancient Greek pantheon of Gods, referenced by Homie, but some key characters... [ATTACH=full]1290130[/ATTACH] Lokris Opuntia Hemidrachm around 350 BCE 2.60 g. Head of a nymph with reed wreath, simple ear pendants and necklace to the right / Ajax in the Corinthian helmet with drawn short sword storming to the right, holding above the left arm oval shield with a lion as inner jewelry, spear lying on the ground. BMC 26 Very nice (I've read that it's Ajax the lesser. Though both of the Ajaxii;) were mentioned many times as simply the Ajaxes. The greater was nearly equal to Achilles) And then who can forget the loveable image of that old busted up scamp Odysseus finding his old busted up pup after two decades of war and strife: [ATTACH=full]1290139[/ATTACH] C. Mamilius Limetanus 82 BC. Silver Serrate Denarius, 4.06 g., 19 mm. Obv. Bust of Mercury right, wearing petasus and holding caduceus. Rev. Ulysses (Odysseus) greeting his dog Argos who wags his tail in recognition, the scene recounted in Odyssey 17.290 ff. Crawford 362/1; Sydenham 741. Of course the Romans would love for us to believe this guy was more than just a one shot wonder in The Iliad to enhance their prestige: [ATTACH=full]1290138[/ATTACH] Julius Caesar Denarius fouree, Africa, 47-46 BCE. AR 2.8 g. 18mm, Diademed head of Venus r. Rev. CAESAR Aeneas running l., carrying his father Anchises on his l. shoulder, holding palladium on his outstretched r. hand. This coin represents Caesar’s war coinage for the protracted campaign against the Pompians in Africa culminating in the battle of Thapsus.Cr. 458/1. Syd. 1013. And certainly the gods were center stage during the action. Zeus let Troy fall to assuage the woman in his life. [ATTACH=full]1290135[/ATTACH] Ptolemy III, Euergetes 246-221 BCE AE28, uncertain mint. Obv: Head of Zeus Ammon right. Rx: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae before and C between legs. Namely his wife Hera who is always scheming as well as Athena who plots Troy's destruction (both on one coin:smuggrin:): [ATTACH=full]1290133[/ATTACH] Phoenicia. Arados 136-51 BCE. Bronze Æ 16mm., 3,2g. Jugate heads of Zeus and Hera or Poseidon and Amphitrite right / Prow left surmounted by Athena standing left, Phoenician lettering above and date in Phoenician below. very fine Cf. BMC 346 Plus Venus, Mars, Pluto. Oh, did I mention Alexander/Paris, brothers Agamemnon and Menelaus, Priam, Helen- whom the Greeks named themselves thereafter, Hellenes. It was the Romans that called them Greeks. And all the rest. So hopefully you'll share coins with people, Gods, references to, or whatever infiltrates your gates, on the ancient dust up in Troy and its aftermath:jimlad::jimlad::jimlad:[/QUOTE]
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