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A BEAUTIFUL SILVER TRIHEMIOBOL OF TEOS IONIA FROM THE 6TH CENTURY BC .
GRIFFINS WERE CONNECTED WITH DIONYSOS, THE PATRON GOD OF TEOS THE SIZE IS 10.7 MM AND 1.12 GRAMS.
Sear 3511
OBVERSE – Forepart of Griffin right
REVERSE – Incuse square punch
GRIFFINS / DIONYSOS Griffins were connected with Dionysus, the patron god of Teos. Dionysos is the god of entrainment, art and wine. The priests of Dionysos were considered as theatrical actors. The Dionysos Temple in Teos was the largest Dionysos Temple in Anatolia. The temple and the city of Teos was the meeting place of the actors and musicians. The temple of Dionysos was founded in Teos in the 3rd century BC. The actors were a guild who provided paid performances at the cities. Teos was their sacred city and center. These actors were considered as the priests of Dionysos, they had some form of a religous background which gave them some priviledges. ANCIENT TEOS Teos and Ionia was under the rule of Lydians in the 7th century BC and attacked by the Persians in 6th BC. Ionic federation had an alliance with Athens and Greek Isles against the Persian attacks. This alliance was named as Attica-Delos Alliance. Especially in 494 BC the Battle of Lade was the most notable battle of Ionia. According to Herodotus, Teos joined the battle with 17 ships. Out of 353 ships of Attica-Delos alliance 17 of them were from Teos, 80 of them from Miletus and 12 of them from Priene, They fought against 600 Persian ships. The war ended with the defeat of the Ionians. Persians invaded Teos, some of the inhabitants of Teos left the area and colonized Abdera, located at the Thrakia region of Greece.
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