Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 254
a pair of wings, disc, and birds tail, is the PersianAhura-mazda (Ormuzd). He has a tall cylindrical head-dress, and holds a wreath and a flower. On the other sideis the Phoenician god Baal, represented like the GreekZeus, with eagle and sceptre. The inscription faintly seenon the right gives the… … Epaminondas was one of the Boeotarchs or generals ofthe Boeotian league several times during the period pre-ceding the battle of Mantinea (B.C. 362 or 361). Thenames of several Boeotarchs known to history occur on thecoins of the time. In the present case the name EPAMIis corrected in the die from…
Classical antiquities
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