The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . Greek Coin of Gelas, Coins of Boeotia. Coin of Catalonia. Boeotia was the country of Pin-der, of Hesiod, of Corinna, and othergreat names. This Grecian Statewas among the first to coin money,which was struck in the style of theiEginetan standard (see page 730). It was at Delpbi, in Phocis, thatthe famous Temple of the Oraclestood. The refusal of the Phocians to pay a fine for having occupied a tract of land belonging to the temple ofApollo, gave rise to the SacredWar which lasted from 357 to 346B. C, and were only
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . Greek Coin of Gelas, Coins of Boeotia. Coin of Catalonia. Boeotia was the country of Pin-der, of Hesiod, of Corinna, and othergreat names. This Grecian Statewas among the first to coin money,which was struck in the style of theiEginetan standard (see page 730). It was at Delpbi, in Phocis, thatthe famous Temple of the Oraclestood. The refusal of the Phocians to pay a fine for having occupied a tract of land belonging to the temple ofApollo, gave rise to the SacredWar which lasted from 357 to 346B. C, and were only finally endedby the strategy of Philip of Mace-don. A traveller visiting Delphi in the summer of 1XS2, says that h ^ \i^f^M^ I XHno remains of ancient grandeur \^Jt^m^Jm fexist. In short, nothing, now isthere to distinguish the localityfrom that of any other pastoral Com of DelPni« scene of modern Greece. This coin shows on the obverse the head of Apollowearing the sacerdotal veil. Reverse, Apollo leaning on a lyre.
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