Ancient Greek Coins, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ancient Greek Coins, Vol. 2Here had come Herakles driving homeward the unruly oxen of Geryones, here had he wrestled with gigantic Eryx, and after victory had refreshed his weariness in the springs of Himera. While here, too, in the dim twilight of still more ancient myth and legend, Pallas Athene and Artemis had each her chosen spot, and here, where ocean breezes blow round the island of the blessed, and golden ¿owers blaze, some on the ground, some on resplendent trees, while others on soft-shimmering waters ¿oat, with necklaces of which the happy ones intertwine their hands and heads fair Persephone - Kore the maiden innocently gathering violets near her favorite Henna, had been seized by fierce Aidoneus and borne off, from the midst of her companions, to his kingdom, the nether world, and along these same unresponsive shores had she been sought with bitter lamentations by the bereaved mother Demeter, [etna's fires ¿aming for her torch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.