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Ancient Greek Coins ANCIE NT GREEK COINS VO LUME ll - PARTS V X . SYRACUSE FRAN K S HERMAN BENSO N PRWATELY PRI NTED 1901 - 2 T F R K N A CA B I N E O G E E CO I S . Buronn ortr a e in min iatur e et c ear p y d , y l , T he ch anging seasons of H ellen ic ar t ; Fa r s rin -time w en dim haun t n s ons start i p g , h , i g vi i For th n to e and or ms d v n e a ear i lif , f i i pp ; Ful r ad ant summer w en a eaven-born s l , i , h h kill ’ A chieves such height as m an n e er mor e can gain ; D r ear autumn of eca w er e n r ema n d y, h i i r m w mm r n wi fill Me e phanto s hic h a gli e i g t light . H ere too the Olympic pan theon displays Pur e r an ea s of eac dr ea e od , g d id l h d d g , Or cher she o ess or ove n m en shr n e . i d g dd , l d y ph i d W ith liken ess too of many a kin g whose nod m r k T us va r ious-hu we fi n Could e pi es sha e . h ed d A r i h of da c ys. 337887 AN CIE NT GRE E K COINS SYRACUSE, SI CI LY FRAN K S HERMAN BENSO N PRI VATELY PRI NTED 1901 REPRINTED FROM E N ouR N A L THE AM RICA j OF NUMIS MATICS . A T G K N C I E N REE COI N S . S R A C S E S I CI L . U . V Y , Y R I A N GULA R n m a in a n an sea Sicily , lyi g idw y the gre t i l d , and n a m -n a stretchi g cross fro Europe well igh to Afric , by a n a n and a a a re so of its size , its situ tio , its v ried historic l sso ciation s far a in n and m an all , surp sses i terest i port ce other an an an n a n n Mediterr e isl ds . Mou t i ous throughout its e tire x n a n n a m n a at a in e te t , pe k risi g beyo d pe k to cul i te l st the m t n - a E na w as t in n igh y height of s ow c pped t , it yet of such fertili y cou tless plain s an d valleys as to have bee n called in later days the gran ary of Rome ' a n an n n a a n and the g rde of the Mediterr ea . I h bited for the v gue ce turies an S ikels ' an d E l mian s a an n before the eighth by Sik s , y of f bled Troj origi , Tr in akr ia ( the three -promo n toried) w as earlier su ng by Homer as the myste r ious an n ff n an n l d which wit essed the su eri gs of w deri g Odysseus , beset by d a m an m a an and . Skyll Ch rybdis , by Polyphe os the gi ts Hither fro Crete , in m an m D aidalos a n on n n n n had yet ore dist t ti es , so ri g cu i gly devised wi gs a n n in m fled before the wr th of Ki g Mi os , who followed swift pursuit to eet a a n ar tifice r an n his de th , le vi g the skilled to build for his Sik host stro g cities , ll n l m as a an d a a m o E m ian m n . sive tre suries , bove , the holy te ple the y ou t W ence c e cc e me k S ici ia S ci 1 am s essi na s rr a t uc le i . , E ic , B l , l h u v , y N N T R K OI N A CI E G E E C S . had m a n m a n ru x n n Here co e Her kles drivi g ho ew rd the u ly o e of Geryo es , had an r x and a had here he wrestled with gig tic E y , fter victory refreshed his a n in n m a . in dim tw we ri ess the spri gs of Hi er While here , too , the ilight of m an n m an d n a a n an d m had a still ore cie t yth lege d , P ll s Athe e Arte is e ch her “ n a n d an n a n chose spot ; here , where oce breezes blow rou d the isl d of the and n a m on n m on n n blessed , golde flowers bl ze , so e the grou d , so e resple de t o n - m m n a a n a trees , while others soft shi eri g w ters flo t ; with eckl ces of which — the happy o n es i n tertwin e their han ds an d heads fair Persepho n e Kore m a n n n o n a n n a a n na had n the ide i ce tly g theri g violets e r her f vorite He , bee on an d n off om m m an on seized by fierce Aid eus bor e , fr the idst of her co p i s , n m n an d a n a m n o n to his ki gdo , the ether world ; lo g these s e u resp sive shores had she been sought with bitter lame n tati o n s by the bereaved m other ’ o Demeter ; !Etn a s fires fl ami ng for her t rch . a n a n as a a a a The e ster co st , risi g up b rrier cross the p th of the Greek m a n a n or n in am o n ri er purposely westw rd bou d , drive the s e directi before n a a a n a a am n of a u f vor ble g les , tur lly bec e the sce e the e rliest Greek settle C . n an n m n in a n . n an d e ts , th t eighth ce tury B whe there spr g i to re ewed life activity the old restless spirit of adven ture an d colon ial e n terprise which w as an an in a a a se soo n to make the Mediterr e l rge p rt Greek a . Thus Dorian s an d n an a n ma o f a o n a a n an d S ikels w ho had Io i s , t ki g s ll heed the b rigi l Sik s a an in n n oa a nd fi n d hitherto pe cefully held this l d , vied fou di g c st cities ; we a a L eo n tinoi an d a an m a a a o N xos , Syr cuse , K t e fir ly est blished sever l ye rs bef re an n m n a a o n a n a a a n m a n a n y sig s of Greek settle e t ppe r the M g Gr eci i l d , where in fact tow n s such as Sybaris an d Kroton were to attai n the height of their o an d at a m a an a n n gl ry prosperity uch e rlier period th their isl d eighbors . n a n art n a The first two ce turies of Sicili history , however , the of coi ge — bei ng yet u n kn ow n do n ot dem a nd o ur atten tion as stude n ts of n um is m atics ; an d w he n we m eet with the earliest coi n issues ( about the m iddle of the sixth cen tury) o n e city had already begu n to show in S ike liot affairs evi de n ce s of the wide i n flue n ce which w as later to expa n d i n to a gen eral an d m n n an I n a a n overwhel i g predom i ce . f ct for bout three ce turies the story of A N CI E N T GR E E K COI N S . a u m m a m o f all Syr c se see s to e br ce , ore or less fully , the history Sicily ; where n o city w as so great or so in sign ifican t as to feel secure from the savage a an an an d a all at cruelty of the Syr cus tyr ts ; where , equ lly , could rejoice the ! a at a an .
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