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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4326375, member: 99456&quot;]<a href="https://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Ouranos.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Ouranos.html" rel="nofollow">This info</a> might help a bit on Zeus Ouranos - don&#039;t know when he first appeared on coins or why.&nbsp; For connection to Syria: the story from <a href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html" rel="nofollow">Apollodatus 1.6.3</a> linking Zeus, an adamantine sickle, and Syria.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;However Zeus pelted Typhon at a distance with thunderbolts, and at close quarters struck him down with an adamantine sickle, and as he fled pursued him closely as far as Mount Casius, which overhangs Syria&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamant" rel="nofollow">the wikipedia</a>: &quot;In Greek mythology, Cronus castrated his father Uranus using an adamant sickle given to him by his mother Gaia.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Etymology of the name Zeus potentially relevant as well - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeus" rel="nofollow"><i>Dyeus</i></a>, from a root meaning &quot;sky&quot; or &quot;shine&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER], resident expert in mythology on CT, may know more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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