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Message:: [QUOTE="Spargrodan, post: 7703313, member: 109905"]APOLLO MY SECOND OLYMPIAN MythologyWe all know Zeus just couldn't keep his dick in his pants which is the main cause for many greek myths, one of them is the origin of Apollo.Hera wasn’t happy that Zeus had had it together with another woman again and ordered all land to reject Leto who was seeking a birthplace; in the end she found sanctuary on the floating island Delos. The first birth was easy but there were twins so when Artemis had been born she helped her mother with the labour of Apollo that took another nine days and nine nights. Traumatized by the complicated birth of her twin brother, Artemis decided to stay a virgin. Only days after his birth Apollo seeked out and slayed Python, the serpent that Hera had sent to kill his mother. At the location where he killed the snake he founded the temple of Apollo and Oracle of Delfi. Apollo is one of the most complex gods in the greek mythology. He is youth and beauty personified and associated with light, archery, dance and music, prophecy, pests and epidemics to name a few. He might have taken over the role as the sun god from the titan Helios at a later stage.<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/9WCC0FHZXLzZ1gWOaxEoxWjroEMELfQ3ok3TmsGrkDDqeURmiRjghkf0qLHjzzKdxwvBw4YgpSUZyJ4cWqcbdIp5NvBP_3-miIp_CbaUW7iL1NwTaUpQ2AJimW0_zpWiBHnQrPkp" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> GryneionMy latest acquisitions are two coins depicting Apollo. My first coin is from Gyrneion, one of twelve important cities of Aeolis that later was conquered by Myrina (Turkey's west coast). In 334 BC the city was destroyed and its citizens sold as slaves by Parmenios, one of Alexander the Great's generals. The city was famous for its oracle and temple to Apollo in white marble.<img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/aahkLh3rkoKcqJbQrsGTBJYuLUx5gMjfjNiePKpddsef05swRelyhYM_r78Qs4Plq-AA8JDAQFI3aPB-9MYqhWW1eUm7M7YYg3fdYph5HfwVLEGQ6iYPVGiC2m9Z4aPXAhRGByXl" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VWR38tAX0W7QrBd5tApuaAfgv1cXPqMi6pTsuVIqibhILq0kk89Yu3JzzotwLv8gvEG_GBqdUpguGLO8gMTEaGIUe60cXFW_re4YUvr4XvJvpW5mFMS6h7fJw2wmyvHDHYnxm-7u" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Aiolis, Gryneion Æ 17mm. Circa 4th Century BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to left / ΓΥΡΝΗΩΝ, mussel shell. BMC 1; SNG München 438; SNG Copenhagen 202; SNG von Aulock 7689. 3.01g, 17mm, 5h. Rarely this well preserved. SyracuseAgathokles was born in Himera and the son of a potter. He joined the army under Timoleon and his popularity led to his banishment from the city by the oligarchy that had taken power in Syracuse after Timoleons death. In 317BC he returned with a mercenary army and conquered the city, killing many of the leaders and rich nobles and named himself master of Syracuse. War with Carthage followed and after the peace treaty 306 BC Agathokles made himself king over Syracuse 304 BC. Before his death he made sure to restore the Syracusan democracy in the city as he didn’t want his sons to succeed him. <img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/35gz_jsitj65SBxfoIKXOjxrzGKQHrKXXnWmuGPFh_7VzqLM1d825kv-j0MzhWecF3La6eAyz0txbpb33wCfy1k7wFja0QRyzKX2hbP1pfpukgr3nxXKer5nwbn5g_pPGhsARIdD" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Sicily, Syracuse Æ Litra. Agathokles (Third Democracy), circa 310-305 BC. ΣYPAKOΣ[IΩN], laureate head of Apollo to left, amphora to right / Pegasos flying to left; uncertain letter(s) below. Cf. CNS 85; HGC 2, 1486 (Agathokles). 5.50g, 19mm, 9h.[/QUOTE]

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