οὐδέ κέ τίς μιν γηθήσειεν ἰδών, οὐδ᾽ εἰ θεὸς ἀντιάσειεν

[sovay]

derspatchel and I saw this coin at the MFA on Friday night. It's a silver tetradrachm from Akragas, 414–413 BCE; it's on display in the new Gallery of Ancient Coins. The reverse is the most beautiful depiction of Skylla I think I have ever seen.



It looks even better in person.

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[sovay]

Wow.

I covet it seriously. She looks like she is riding to hounds of the sea. The traditional metaphor for whitecaps is horses, but I am thinking of breakers as packs of dogs now, tumbling over one another, baying, Skylla the mistress of the hunt in their midst; they leap about her waist and below it she is all the sea.

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

Is there a poem in that? Because I'd read it.

[sovay]

Is there a poem in that? Because I'd read it.

I don't know! I was just talking to you and that happened. (I said you were a good inspiration.)