A Gift For Polydektes | Mithradates’ Amazon coin type

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Mithradates’ Amazon coin type
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One response to “A Gift For Polydektes | Mithradates’ Amazon coin type”

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    John Dillon

    Wroth’s suggestion that the “wolf” here might actually be the _ketos_ slain by Perseus recalls a discussion of _ketoi_ in this venue begun on 26 July 2013:
    https://rogueclassicism.com/tag/monasterace/
    The scalp depicted on the coin accords well with the iconography of that doggie-headed sea dragon.

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