Numismata hellenica: a catalogue of Greek coins; with notes, a map ...

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its statue of Diana Brito-
martis said to have been made by Datdalus, Ins. 28.
Olympic victories referred to by tlie biga or quadriga on
coins of Pliilip II. of Macedonia, K. 3 : of Rliegium,
Eu. 139 : of Acragas, Ins. 49 : of Camarina, Ins. 52 :
of Catana, Ins. 53; of Gela, Ins. 57 : of Messana,
Ins. 63 : of Syracuse, Ins. 72. Conf. Pindar.
Olynthus besieged and taken Eu. 29.
by Artabazus in 479 B.C.,
Omphale in the dress of Hercules represented
Sardes, As. 107.
on coins of
Onobala (Siciliae), now Cantara, this river symbolized by
the bull on coins of Tauromenium Siciliae, Ins. 78.
Onones (Arsaces XVIII.), king of Parthia, a contemporary
of Tiberius ; his victory over Artabanus commemorated
on one of his coins j afterwards defeated and ejected
from his throne by Artabanus, K. 54.
Ophrynium (Troadis) on the Asiatic shore, between Dardanus
and Rboeteium, As. 92.
Opus (Locridis), its remains near Talanda and the bay
formerly called Sinus Opuntius, Eu. 81.
Orchomenus (Boeotise). See Erchomenus.
Oreos the name given to Histicea EuboeEe after receiving
some Athenian cleruchi sent there by Pericles, Ins. 20.
Orescii (Thracise) not the same people as the Orestse,
though the words are synonymous, but probably identical
with the Satrae or Satyrs ; the silver mines of the
Pangsean range principally worked by them ; similarity
of their coins to those of the Edoni, of the Bisaltse, and
of Alexander I., Eu. 8 1 .
Orestae, an Epirote people bordering on the western extremity
of Macedonia, Eu. 81.
Orestes, king of Macedonia, son of Archelaus, began to
reign 399 b.c, K. 2.
Orra, Hyria, or Uria (Messapiae), now Oria, confounded
by Pliny with Hyrium Dauniae, Eu. 124 : colonized by
Cretans, and afterwards the capital of the Salentini,
Eu. 133.
Orthagoreia (Macedoniae),
peninsula, Eu. 82.
now Nizvoro, in the Chalcidic
Orthe or Orthia (Thessaliae) named in the Iliad ; situated
near Mount Olympus, on the south-western side; the
production of the horse by Neptune represented on its
coin, Eu. 162.
Orlhosia (Cariae), its position at the modern Karpusli, As. 92.
(Phoeniciae) known from Strabo to have been
situated on the Eleutherus : its precise position unde-
termined. As. 80. 92.
Oscan language employed in the legends of coins of Atella
Campaniae, Eu. 112: of Capua, Eu. 117: of Nuceria
Alphaterna, Eu. 132 : of Phistelia Campaniae, Eu. 135:
of Teanum Sidicinum, Eu. 149: of Ferentum Apuliae,
Eu. 159.
Ossa (Macedoniae), now Sokho, a town of the Bisaltae,
its coins, Eu. 82.
Othontopates, satrap of Halicarnassus, deposed by Alexander;
the orthography of his name proved by an
extant coin. As. 63, 64.
Othrys (Phthiotidis), now Gura, on a mountain of the
same name at the sources of the Enipeus, Eu. 163.
Oxas or Uxentum (Messapiae), now Ugento, founded by
Cretans, and its name derived from Oaxus in Crete,
Eu. 133.
P.
Pactye a town of the Thracian Chersonese, Eu. 32.
Paeonians twice conquered by Philip II. of Macedonia, and
reduced to submission by Alexander the Great, 335 b.c,
K. 19.
Paerisades (Bospori), a contemporary of Lysimachus, king
of Thrace ; resemblance of their coins, K. 65.
Paestum or Pcestus. See Posidonia.
Pagae, one of its coins as a member of the Achaian League,
Eu 4.
Palaeopolis the predecessor of Neopolis Campanice, and
adjacent to the site of that city, Eu. 130.
Palaepaphus or Golgi, its ancient temple of Venus Urania
founded by the Phoenicians; annual procession thither
from Paphus, Ins. 1 5.
Palaescepsis (Troadis) on the eastern side of Mount Ida,
60 stades above Scepsis, As. 108.
Pale or Palea (Cephalleniae), its coins, Ins. 28, 29. See
Same Cephalleniae.
Pallantium, one of its coins as member of the Achaian
League, Eu. 4.
Pallas Itonia peculiarly worshipped by Pyrrhus and his
son Alexander II. of Epirus, K. 18.
Pamphylian language different from the Lycian, but probably
similar to the Pisidian, As. 28.
Pan, his figure and head on the coins of Antigonus I. of
Macedonia allusive to the panic terror and the destruction
of the Gauls at Delphi, K. 13: his temple on
Mount Lycaeum in Arcadia, Eu. 17.
Pandina, this goddess represented and named on coins of
Heiponium, Eu. 121 : and of Terina, Eu. 152.
Pandosia on the Aciris named from Pandosia on the
Acheron, in Thesprotia ; its alliance with Croton against
Siris; the destruction of the latter caused thereby,
Eu. 134.
in the Brettian mountains an offset of Pandosia on
the Aciris, the capital of the kings of ffinotria, and the
place where Alexander of Epirus was defeated and died,
Eu. 114. 134.
Paneium, Mount, in Syria, Caesareia Paneias situated at
its foot ; grotto there sacred to Pan, As. 39.
Panormus (Siciliae), now Palermo, colonized from Carthage,
and its chief possession in till
Sicily the close of
the first Punic war ;
Ins. 66. 70.
hence the Punic letters on its coins,
Panticapaeum (Tauricae), now Kertshi, a Milesian colony,
and chief town of the kingdom of Bosporus ; its types
Pan and the great deities, Eu. 83.
Paphus (Cypri) the first place in Greece where the worship
of Venus Urania was introduced by the Phoenicians;
occupied by a colony of Arcadians after the Trojan war,
Ins. 29. See Golgi.
Paralii,one of the three tribes of the Malienses of Thessaly,
Eu. 68.
Parium (Mysiae), now Kamares, a colony of Erythrae
according to Pausanias, of Miletus and Parus according
to Strabo, As. 93.
Parlais (Lycaoniae) a Roman colony not far from Iconium,
As. 94.
Parme . . . , an engraver of the dies of Neopolitan and
Syracusan coins, Eu. 130.
Paropus, its situation between Solfts and Thermae Himeraeae,
Ins. 67.
Parthenope personified on coins of Cumae, Neopolis and
Nola, Eu. 119. 130. 132.
Parus, Ceres represented on some of its coins, Ins. 29 : a
colony from Arcadia and Crete, Ins. 45.
Patara the chief city of Lycia after the time of Ptolemy
Philadelphus, though Xanthus was still the greatest in
Strabo's time ; the lyre on the Lycian coins a type of
Apollo Patareus, As. 76. 150.
Patrae (Achaiae), its coins as member of the Achaian