Cilicia Its Former History And Present State With An Account of the Idolatrous
Cilicia Its Former History And Present State With An Account of the Idolatrous
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) NO. 23. — HEAD OF APOLLO RADIATED.
recognised as the same as that upon the gold and silver coins of Ehodes. He says it is the Apollo (Helios), or the Sun, and is a copy of the Colos- sus at Rhodes. It is radiated. This radiation was not usual with the Romans and Greeks ; but in the present case it admits of an easy expla- nation. Tarsus, bordering iipon Phosnicia, and having ready access to Egypt, would have its mythology tinctured with that of its neighbours. Baal of the PhcBnicians, Osiris ...of Egypt, and Apollo of the Greeks, all embody the myths originating in the worship of the sim. This pecu- liarity in the figui'e before us quite accords with the locality where it was found. Tliere is a coin of Tarsus on which Apollo is seated upon a mount, with a lyre in his hand, indicating the presiding influence of that deity at the schools. It is believed that Apollo had an oracle in that place. Of this god the collection offers many specimens, all more or less diversiiied by some peculiarity or other.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
) NO. 23. — HEAD OF APOLLO RADIATED.
recognised as the same as that upon the gold and silver coins of Ehodes. He says it is the Apollo (Helios), or the Sun, and is a copy of the Colos- sus at Rhodes. It is radiated. This radiation was not usual with the Romans and Greeks ; but in the present case it admits of an easy expla- nation. Tarsus, bordering iipon Phosnicia, and having ready access to Egypt, would have its mythology tinctured with that of its neighbours. Baal of the PhcBnicians, Osiris ...of Egypt, and Apollo of the Greeks, all embody the myths originating in the worship of the sim. This pecu- liarity in the figui'e before us quite accords with the locality where it was found. Tliere is a coin of Tarsus on which Apollo is seated upon a mount, with a lyre in his hand, indicating the presiding influence of that deity at the schools. It is believed that Apollo had an oracle in that place. Of this god the collection offers many specimens, all more or less diversiiied by some peculiarity or other.
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