hello, I am an arts student trying to find information on the significance of Alexander the greats ram horns and hair style(I believe it was associated with divinity). I would also like to know what is on the reverse of that coin and where I could find information about it, and it's symbolism. Thank you

-- Anonymous, October 09, 2002

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If your looking for images of Alexander. I can email you some images of the coins. I collect ancients. The coins that you are talking about are Lysimachus tetradrachms. I have 2 of them and I would be happy to send you images. They are of the highest style.

The reverse shows Athena seated left, with Nike in her hand.

-- Anonymous, November 21, 2002

Sir or Madam, you are either a scholar of uncommon merit, or an alarmingly lucky tosser. If the latter, then you should have bought a lottery chance.

Few, outside of the most ardent Aesculapians have heard of that unfortunate side-effect of a constant diet of nectar and ambrosia. Indeed, Zeus regularly used to 'cover his tracks' so to speak by changing his many human sex partners into animals having no power of speech (swan or cow to name two), just so the word wouldn't get around about his rather darling pair of firm young knockers.

-- Anonymous, October 20, 2002

does divinity,in the greek religion, necessitate having womanly breasts?

-- Anonymous, October 20, 2002

A short bout with Google turned up the fairly annoying website that pictures both sides of a modern forgery of the ram's head silver drachm of Lysimachos. The reverse is decribed as the goddess Nike crowning the name of Lysimachos with laurel. The fact that it is a forgery should not detract, as it is a faithful copy.

The significance of the ram's horns is their association with Zeus Ammon, the diety Greeks identified with the temple of Siwa in Egypt. Alexander obstinately claimed to be the son of this diety, as opposed to being the natural son of Phillip. One wonders sometimes...

Anyway, if you visit the site, it will tell you you've won a wonderful prize just for being so wonderful as to visit them. They will keep on telling you this until you want to tear your hair out. Good luck.

-- Anonymous, October 10, 2002