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T1 Associating the image with the myth on ancient Cretan coins: Three casestudies
T2 Asociando la imagen con el mito en monedas cretenses antiguas: Tres casos de estudio
A1 Stefanakis, Manolis I.
A1 Paschalia M. Konstantinidi, Niki
K1 Monedas antiguas
K1 Creta
K1 Gortina.
K1 Cnosos
K1 Cidonia
K1 mitos cretenses
AB Cretan coinage is characterized by a multitude of iconographic types, very often mythologicalin content. Various mythical figures and episodes are often difficult to identify orinterpret due to either lack of clues that would lead to an interpretation or to the fact thatcould be identifiable with more than one existing myth. Thus, the identification of imageryon Cretan coins is not always self evident. Three major mints of the island are examinedin this paper in order to investigate local myths, compared with the mythological traditionof mainland Greece; the myth of the Tree Nymph of Gortyn, the myth of the Labyrinthof Knossos and the myth of the Dog-nursed Infant of Kydonia. Cretan cities, through coinimagery and by carefully selecting the represented mythical figures, were bonding theircitizens with a certain heritage, offering a sense of belonging, continuation and ethnic pride,differentiating themselves from other ethnic groups and city states of the island.
PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones
SN 1131-6810
YR 2020
FD 2020
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RD 18-abr-2024