La hiedra como elemento iconográfico en la moneda griega de Sicilia: atributo de dioses griegos y púnicos

Abstract

The ivy, one of the most characteristic elements from the iconography of the Greek god Dionysus, appears depicted in Sicily related to the figure of the god in the coins from the Greek town of Naxos and also connected to other deities linked to the fertility cycles of nature such as Aphrodite and the local nymphs in the coins of Eryx, Segesta and Halykiai, in Elimian territory, and Tanit in the coin of the Punic town of Motya. This syncretism among deities from different religions using the same element can be observed in the west region in Sicily, a territory that worked as a point of meeting and interaction among the different types of population from this territory like the Elimian and Punic people, both influenced by the coinage from the Greek polis in the Eastern Sicily.

Keywords

• Ivy
• Greek iconography
• Syncretism
• Greek coinage
• Greek Sicily