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putting coins in the eyes of the dead as part of burial ritual in the ancient greece, what is this for?

Charon

The ferryman of the Underworld river. Charon's only duty was to ferry the shades across the Underworld river of Styx. I am not certain if Charon was a minor god, spirit or just an immortal being.

Charon required only fare of one coin (obol) from each shade, to ferry the dead across. It was Greek custom to put a coin in the dead, before burial. The others, who couldn't pay, would wander restlessly for over hundred years before allowed across.

Normally Charon would allow the livings to cross. Psyche paid Charon to ferry her across Styx, as did Theseus and Peirithoüs. Heracles got away from paying Charon, by threatening the ferryman. Orpheus had also got a free ride, because of his enchanting music and voice.

Charon was often described as ancient looking man, clothed in loincloth.

2006-10-04 18:41:12 by bryan_56th | Posted in Mythology & Folklore

I was buying a souvlaki from a Greek fastfood shop and the owner gave me my change in 10 cent coins?

Does this mean she is angry that Greece lost again?

hahahahahahahahahaha

i like that owner! :D

can you get her number!!!!!!???????????

2008-06-15 04:13:53 by MANU4EVAR | Posted in 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM)

Kerala on the South West Coast of India had trade relations with Rome and Greece, how far back in history?

According to Gibbon, "Decline and fall of the Roman Empire", Alaric the Goth asked for 3000 pounds of Kerala pepper as ransom to free the Fathers of Rome. Earlier Pliny complains about the large quantity of Roman coins flowing out of Rome to India in exchange for Pepper and Pearls of Kerala. Gold and Silver coins of Augustus Caesar, Tiberius, Hadrian, Nero are discovered in large quantities in Kerala even today, esp. near places like Parur and Palayur. Roman amphore and pottery have been found in Kerala and Pondicherry.There are some references perhaps in the Bible about Solomon having contacts with Kerala. Are there more concrete evidences for Roman and Greek contacts with Kerala?

It is very clear that Kerala had been a very important place of attraction for the tourists from time immemorial. Literacy works of those times extoll the beauty of the land. Kerala had trade relations with Egypt, Babylon, Phoenicia, Greece and Rome even before the Aryan incursion, which was between 2000 and 1600 B. C. However, popular legend says that the land stretching from Goa to Gokarnam was reclaimed by the mythical hero, Sage Parasurama and that was how Kerala came into being. But references from Hebrew texts give the evidence that Kerala had trade contacts with Phoenicia and Egypt, long before the Aryan incursion.

Kerala's recorded history goes back to the third century B.C., and throughout the time since this special place in India has been a crossroad of trade and religious movements. Jesus Christ's disciple St. Thomas established his church at Muziris around 52 A.D., there was trade with Rome and Byzantium and Greece, and a Jewish colony was established in Cochin (Kochi) where it remains to this day centered around the beautifully preserved and still active Pardesi synagogue.

2006-12-05 07:31:17 by rostrumollur | Posted in Mythology & Folklore

A silver coin of ancient Greece (6)?

A famous one was "cheloni" as it depicted a turtle and it had been edited in the island of Aegina, which is close to Attica..

2007-06-16 01:08:27 by Mathew P | Posted in Greece

I founnd a coin in my lose change it was mesured in franks but looked from greece because I had just studied i

I found a coin in my lose change it was mesured in franks but looked from greece because I had just studied on greece & it had a cross on a shield

It's probably swiss. To my knowledge there is a cross & shield on their coins and their unit of currency is the franc. I can understand your confusion since the proper name of Switzerland is Confederation Helvetica which would be the name on the coin, abbreviated CH

2007-05-02 18:01:02 by Kathy K | Posted in Mythology & Folklore

Does anyone know about foreign coins?

I have a coin that reads " AHMOKPATIA EAAHNIKH " on the back and horse with wings on the front with the word " APAXMAI " . The year is 1973. I think its from Greece but not to sure. Anyone know what the value of this coin is , if any? thx 4 the help....

I can confirm that your coin is from Greece. The 5 and 10 Drachma coins both have the Pegasus design on them, and you don't say which one yours is. I see both coins for sale on eBay right now for a buy-it-now price of between $2 and $3.
This link is to a listing of all 1973 greek coins presently for sale on eBay:
http://coins.search.ebay.com/1973-greece_Coins-Paper-Money_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40QQsacatZ11116

2007-12-17 15:57:11 by 2p@c4lyf3 | Posted in Other - Business & Finance

Question about anciant Macedonia and present Macedonia (or FYROM, according to Greece)!?

Like are there any proves that on the territory of today's Macedonia have lived anciant Macedonians, or were/still found anciant coins, shields, graves, towns....?

Yes - ancient sities, ancient observatories, ancient necropolis...you name it!
Greetings from Macedonia

2008-11-22 01:35:23 by All about the questions? | Posted in History