#mysia

[beatricecenci]

Henrietta Rae (English, 1856-1928)

Hylas and the Water Nymphs

[alsadeekalsadouk]

Gold Stater for Alexander III as Herakles, After 336 BC mint Mysia, Pergamum (Pergamon), Pergamon lies on the north edge of the Caicus plain in the historic region of Mysia , This historically highly significant coin was a piece presumably of Herakles, illegitimate son of Alexander, who grew up in Pergamon. It is very likely that he commissioned the emission before his assassination in 309. Obverse: Alexander III as Herakles, wearing lion skin, facing right. Reverse: Archaistic Palladion standing figure with chlamys over shoulder, spear in raised right hand, shield w/ star in left hand. Crested Corinthian helmet in lower left field. Struck in extremely high relief, a few microscopic handling marks are confined mostly to the reverse field which are a very minor issue when one considers the extreme rarity of this outstanding specimen.

The Kingdom of #Pergamum, located in modern-day #Turkey, was a key player in the ancient Mediterranean. Founded in the mid-third century BCE, its capital, Pergamon (now Bergama), became a notable late-Hellenistic city. Built on a steep site, it featured innovative urban design and grand architecture, supported by royal patrons. The city had two main sections: the steep upper town, known for its dramatic ruins, and the lower town, where significant remains like the Asklepieion, Red Hall, and Roman structures still exist. The upper town remains the most striking, showcasing Pergamum’s rich architectural and cultural legacy.

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[twofielder]

Coin of the Day #379 (5/18/2025)

A little bronze from the time of Julius Caesar…

Roman Province - Mysia

AE14 - 2.57g

Time of Julius Caesar c. 45 BC

Parium Mint

Obverse C G I P

Female head right, wearing stephane

Reverse D D

Praefericulum

RPC I 2259

[dilutedh2so4]

Philostratus' Heroicus has some gems in it, but I would like to bring attention to this particular passage:

He says that even the Mysian women fought from horses alongside the men, just as the Amazons do, and the leader of the cavalry was Hiera, wife of Telephos.

Nireus is said to have killed her (for the young men of the army, who had not yet won honor, drew up for battle against the women). When she fell, the Mysian women cried out, scaring their horses, and were driven into the marshes of the Kaikos. This Hiera, Protesilaos says, was the tallest woman he had ever seen and the most beautiful. He does not claim that he saw Menelaos's wife Helen in Troy, but that he now sees Helen herself and does not blame her for his death. When he considers Hiera, however, he says that she surpasses Helen as much as Helen surpasses the Trojan women. Not even Hiera, my guest, won the praise of Homer, who did not introduce this divine woman into his own works because he favored Helen. Even the Achaeans are said to have been afflicted with passion for Hiera when she fell in battle, and the elders commanded the young soldiers neither to despoil Hiera nor to touch her as she lay dead. 

It’s already a travesty that we don’t talk about the raid on Mysia enough, but WHERE are my Hiera stans???

[d3utschem4rk]

Die Akropolis von Pergamon

by Friedrich v̄. Thierch (Saxon, 1784 – 1860) pen, ink and watercolour on canvas (350 × 198 cm) signed and dated February 1882

from Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World (2016), p. 126

[stranded-in-paradise]

The Naiad or Hylas and the Nymph (1893)

Oil on canvas (66cm ×127 cm)

John William Waterhouse (Italian-British 1849 - 1917)

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Stater of Lampsakos with head of Aphrodite (?).

Culture: Greek

Period: Classical Period

Date: 387–330 B.C.

Mint: Lampsakos, Mysia

Medium: Gold

[archaicwonder]

Extremely Rare Hekte with Helios & Horses, C. 410 BC

An electrum hekte from Kyzikos, Mysia with a naked Helios kneeling while holding two horses by their bridles; a tunny fish, the civic badge of Kyzikos, is below them while the reverse side is a quadripartite incuse square. Extremely fine and extremely rare, almost certainly the finest known.  

The engravers of the Kyzicene coinage drew their ideas from numerous sources, both local and foreign.  Here, the inter-connected mythological relationships of Helios to Apollo; and Apollo as father to the city-founder Kyzikos point to an indigenous origin. The symmetrically balanced composition of the sun-god Helios flanked by the horses’ foreparts must have been sculptural in inspiration and it has been suggested that since the composition on the obverse is perfectly square that it was copied from a metope of a temple. Although full staters bearing this composition exist in some numbers, the hektes are exceedingly rare.