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http://agathe.gr/democracy/athenian_currency.html Athenian Currency Many of the specialized administrative boards have left material traces of their activities. Most prolific of these were the moneyers, or Overseers of the Mint. Throughout her history ... Because of the representation on the reverse the coins were called “owls,” and Aristophanes thus refers to coins made from silver mined at Laurion in his advice to the Athenians in the Birds: Little Laureotic owlets shall be always flocking in, You shall find them all about you, as the dainty brood increases, Building nests within your purses, hatching little silver pieces. |
http://agathe.gr/publications/picture_books.html Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... Google Books | English PDF | Buy Online | Search for Items Inside Birds of the Athenian Agora Authors: Lamberton, R. ... This booklet describes the ways in which the Greeks viewed birds, from useful hawks and fowl to exotic parakeets and peacocks. Some of the birds most often depicted are imaginary—from the griffin to the “phallos bird,” whose head and neck consisted of an erect penis. |
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