Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 98
staler) of Tyre, issued in 112 B.C. In the British Museum. This is a representation in Greek form of the godMelkarth, who was worshipped bythe Phoenicians, and so far re-sembled Heracles that Greek artrepresented him in the same way.He wears a wreath of laurel, and insome specimens the lions skin… … 95. The Heracles of Gades. Silver coin of Gades, of the third century b.c. In the British Museum. The Heracles of Gades, to whom Hannibal sacrificedafter the capture of Saguntum (Livy, xxi.21), was simply the Melkarth (cp. No. 94)of the Phoenicians who founded the colony.On this coin he is…
Classical antiquities
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