Early Athena and Owl Coin
For over 700 years, Athenians made coins depicting their patron deity Athena, goddess of wisdom, and her owl. This silver tetradrachma, minted about 510 B.C., is an early example. This type of coin was called a “glaukes,” from a Greek word meaning “bright” or “glaring”; one of Athena’s epithets was “the bright-eyed,” and her wide-eyed owl could see at night. Scholars now believe Athena was named after Athens, not vice versa. In Athens, Paul would have used “Athena and owl” coins (Acts 17:15).
Deut 14:12–16, Zeph 2:13–14, Acts 17:15–18:1, 1 Thess 3:1, 2 Macc 6:1, 2 Macc 9:15
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