The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 235
two for a didrachm, andone for a drachma. On the obverse is the head of the nymphArethusa, who presided over the sacred spring on the penin-sular citadel of Syracuse which was called Ortygia. Thedolphins around the head are held to indicate the salt seawhich surrounds this fresh spring of water. If… … &t)t irdiBti Adavalwv tftakovTO (paevvav KprjTrld e\ev6epias. Pindar. The Rise of Athens EVER in all the worlds history was* there such a leap of civilisation as inGreece of the fifth century. In onetown of about thirty thousand citi-jj^ zens during the lifetime of a manand his father these…
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