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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 345

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and in these countries they are limited to a short period—from 490 B.C.to 350 B.C. 332 GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. coins exhibits a four-horse chariot, driven by acharioteer who receives a crown from a Victory, andin the field are the weapons given as prizes to thevictors. On the coins of Selinus, Apollo and… … Fig. 127.—silver coin of Syracuse. incident in the history of the city. At the advice ofEmpedocles, the people of Selinus changed the courseof the rivers Selinus and Hypsas in order to drainthe marshes surrounding the city.* Another characteristic of this period is thatengravers represented on…

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