Comments on: Ancient History Competition 31 http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-31/ A historical perspective of current events Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: constantinakatsari http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-31/#comment-406 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:55:59 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-406 Yianni,

in all fairness, Manolis had Ierax in his mind. However, I accepted Lucas’ answer because grypos also has something to do with the well known mythical bird. In effect, both answers are correct and should be commended!

]]> By: Yannis Stoyas http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-31/#comment-405 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:24:07 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-405 I would reckon that the question for the bird is a bit tricky.
You see ‘grypos’ in Greek means ‘hook-nosed’ or ‘with aquiline nose’; however, it derives from ‘gryps’, gryphon or griffin, i.e. a mythical creature, not precisely a bird — an eagle/lion hybrid.
Another answer to the quiz may be Antiochos Hierax (Hawk). One could say that he was a pretender; however he signed his coins as basileus (king).

]]> By: Lucas http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-31/#comment-404 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:19:51 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-404 (blushing…) just trying to stay fit in history :-)

]]> By: constantinakatsari http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-31/#comment-403 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:17:24 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-403 Very well done! It is hard to believe someone found the answer so quickly! I thought that we would have had to wait until Manolis came back from his holidays!

]]> By: Lucas http://loveofhistory.com/ancient-history-competition-31/#comment-402 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:14:41 +0000 http://constantinakatsari.wordpress.com/?p=662#comment-402 Bird: Antiochus VIII Grypos
Wind: Antipater Etesias
Natural phaneomenon: Ptolemy Keraunos

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