MAKE A MEME View Large Image Sea fables explained (15588412752).jpg THE LERNEAN HYDRA <br> 51 <br> That the octopus was a familiar object with the <br> ancient Greeks we know by the frequency with which its <br> portrait is found on their coins gems and ornaments <br> ...
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Keywords: Sea fables explained (15588412752).jpg THE LERNEAN HYDRA <br> 51 <br> That the octopus was a familiar object with the <br> ancient Greeks we know by the frequency with which its <br> portrait is found on their coins gems and ornaments <br> Aldrovandus describes very ancient coins found at <br> Syracuse and Tarentum bearing the figure of an octopus <br> He says the Syracusans had two coins one of bronze the <br> other of gold both of which had an octopus alone on one <br> FIG 19 ” FIGURE OF AN OCTOPUS ON A GOLD ORNAMENT FOUND BY <br> DR SCHLIEMANN AT MYCENiB <br> side On the reverse of the bronze one was a veiled <br> female face in profile with the inscription ZYPA I have one <br> of these bronze Syracusan coins ; it was kindly given to <br> me some years ago by my friend Dr John Millar F L S <br> The octopus is really well depicted On the gold coin the <br> female head was differently veiled and at the back of the <br> neck was a fish The inscription on this coin was <br> E 2 10985657 41337 10456 Page 51 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985657 1883 10 5962/bhl title 10456 International Fisheries Exhibition; Lee Henry NameFound Octopus NameConfirmed Octopus EOLID 38592 NameBankID 2694948 Biodiversity Heritage Library Sea fables explained Squid Octopi Monsters Are Real Folklore Ocean Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 10985657 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985657 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween octopus smithsonian libraries bhlmonstersrreal halloween Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-21 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15588412752 2015-08-25 17 52 10 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Octopus Sea fables explained Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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