"EKB (') and the Polish abbreviation EBC ('). The modified 5 euro note features the initials of the European Central Bank in each of the contemporary EU member languages in a column on the left-hand side of the obverse. The word ""euro"" in Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic lettering has also been moved to a more central position. The full design of the Europa series 5 euro banknote was revealed on 10 January 2013. The new note entered circulation on 2 May 2013. The full design of the Europa series 10 euro note was revealed on 13 January 2014 and it"
"design, completely different from the classical styles used on the other denominations"". Aitken explained his design for the $50 pieces: The goddess wears a crested helmet, as her Greek equivalent, Pallas Athena, was commonly depicted on ancient coins; it is pushed back to signify her peaceful intentions. She wears mail, which Swiatek and Breen found an odd anachronism. She bears upon her shield the Roman numerals MCMXV for the year 1915, the second use of Roman numerals on U.S. coins after the early types of the 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle. Though Aitken had originally expressed the date as ""1915"" in"
"20 and 50 drachmae, soon followed by 100, 500 and 1000 drachmae by 1956. 5000-drachma notes were introduced in 1984, followed by 10,000-drachma notes in 1995 and 200-drachma notes in 1997. Banknotes in circulation at the time of the adoption of the euro were In Unicode, the currency symbol is . There is a special Attic numeral, for the value of one drachma but it fails to render in most browsers. The Drachmi Greek Democratic Movement Five Stars which was founded in 2013, aims to restore the Drachma, as Greece's currency. Greek drachma Drachma ( , ; pl. ""drachmae"" or"
"the coin is a depiction of Queen Victoria walking to the left of a lion. The Latin phrase – ""May God direct my steps"". Underneath the lion are the Roman Numerals ""MDCCCXXXIX"" (1839). The same Latin inscription appears on the 2012 Royal Mint £5 Crown, minted to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The depiction of the young Queen as Lady Una (a character from Edmund Spenser's poem ""The Faerie Queene"", from 1590) was seen at the time as a bold design decision as it was the first occasion when a British monarch had been depicted on a"
"minted coins. For example, the phrase ""moneta nova"" is regular on coins of the low countries and the rhineland in the fourteenth and fifteenth century, with the ""nova"", Latin for ""new"", not necessarily signifying a new type or variety of coin. Moneta is a central figure in John Keats' poem """". Moneta In Roman mythology, Moneta (Latin Monēta) was a title given to two separate goddesses: the goddess of memory (identified with the Greek goddess Mnemosyne) and an epithet of Juno, called Juno Moneta (Latin Iūno Monēta). The latter's name is source of numerous words in English and the Romance"
"of her symbol (Scales). She is often associated with Astraea, the goddess of innocence and purity. Astraea is also one of her epithets referring to her appearance in the nearby constellation Virgo which is said to represent Astraea. This reflects her symbolic association with Astraea, who too has a similar iconography. The sculptures of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia have as their unifying iconographical conception the ""dikē"" of Zeus, and in poetry she is often the attendant (""paredros"") of Zeus. In the philosophical climate of late 5th century Athens, ""dikē"" could be anthropomorphised as a goddess of moral justice."
"5 drachmae) were issued from 1885, with the first 5-drachma notes being made by cutting 10-drachma notes in half. When Greece finally achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828, the phoenix was introduced as the monetary unit; its use was short-lived, however, and in 1832 the phoenix was replaced by the drachma, adorned with the image of King Otto of Greece, who reigned as modern Greece's first king from 1832 to 1862. The drachma was divided into 100 lepta. In 2002 the drachma ceased to be legal tender after the euro, the monetary unit of the European Union,"
"are found on the Greek 2-euro coin and on the United Kingdom identity card for visa holders. Mary Beard, professor of Classics at Cambridge University, has criticised this for its apparent celebration of rape. Zeus Zeus (; , ""Zeús"" ) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His mythologies and powers are similar, though not identical, to those of Indo-European deities such as Indra, Jupiter, Perkūnas, Perun, Thor, and Odin. Zeus is the child"
"as when the mark system was introduced in 1871, one Vereinsthaler was revalued at 3 marks. In Greece, the term ""taliro"" () is commonly used for the denomination of five of the local currency (5 drachmae or 5 euros). This reflects the fact that, when introduced in 1833, the new Greek currency, the drachma, corresponded to of the value of one thaler, the latter coin thus being equivalent to the 5-drachma coin. The term is still used for the 5-euro banknote. In 2017 a cryptocurrency named Taler was launched in Belarus as a legal payment instrument. Thaler The thaler was"
"royal titles in Greek: ""ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ"" which means ""of King Mithridates and Queen Laodice Philadelphoi"". ""Philadelphoi"" is the plural for the Greek word ""Philadelphus"" which means ""sibling-loving"". On the side of their royal titles, the coin depicts Mithridates IV and Laodice struck in the image of the Greek patron gods Zeus and Hera, who are standing facing front. Hera is holding a sceptre in her right hand, while Zeus laureate holds a sceptre in his right hand and a thunderbolt in his left. The choice of coinage is a declaration of Hellenism. Mithridates IV of Pontus"
"substituted for the Nordic deities to help suppress paganism. The Roman pantheon had numerous deities, both Greek and non-Greek. The more famed deities, found in the mythologies and the 2nd millennium CE European arts, have been the anthropomorphic deities syncretized with the Greek deities. These include the six gods and six goddesses: Venus, Apollo, Mars, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, Vulcan, Juno, Mercury, Vesta, Neptune, Jupiter (Jove, Zeus); as well Bacchus, Pluto and Hercules. The non-Greek major deities include Janus, Fortuna, Vesta, Quirinus and Tellus (mother goddess, probably most ancient). Some of the non-Greek deities had likely origins in more ancient European"
"of Independence. The central plaza in the capital town of Mykonos bears her name and contains a larger than life bust of her. The main square in the port town of Paroikia in Paros has also been given her name. Greece has honored this heroine by naming several streets across the country after her. The Greek government has released several commemorative coins in her honor. A film was also made about her life, titled ""Manto Mavrogenous"" (1971), in which she was portrayed by Tzeni Karezi. Mavrogenous was depicted on the reverse of the Greek 2 drachmas coin of 1988–2001. =Relatives="
"is a major deity within Hellenismos (Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism), a Neopagan religion which seeks to authentically revive and recreate the religion of ancient Greece in the modern world. Unlike Wiccans, Hellenists are usually strictly polytheistic or pantheistic. Hellenists venerate Aphrodite primarily as the goddess of romantic love, but also as a goddess of sexuality, the sea, and war. Her many epithets include ""Sea Born"", ""Killer of Men"", ""She upon the Graves"", ""Fair Sailing"", and ""Ally in War"". Aphrodite Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus, which is"
"Aglaea Aglaea () or Aglaïa (; ""splendor, brilliant, shining one"") is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, the best known of which is one of the three Charites or Graces. Aglaea is the Greek goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, and adornment. She is the youngest of the Charites or Graces, although Homer knew of a younger Charis or Grace named ""Pasithea"" (""Hallucination""). Aglaea is one of three daughters of Zeus and either the Oceanid Eurynome, or of Eunomia, the goddess of good order and lawful conduct. Her two sisters are Euphrosyne, the goddess of joy or mirth,"
"Aphrodite Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus, which is named after the Roman goddess , with whom Aphrodite was extensively syncretized. Aphrodite's major symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna. Aphrodite's main cult centers were Cythera, Cyprus, Corinth, and Athens. Her main festival was the Aphrodisia, which was celebrated annually in midsummer. In"
"Quiteria Saint Quiteria (; ; ; ; ; ""Kittēriyammāḷ"") was a fifth-century virgin martyr about whom nothing is certain except her name and her cult. She appears in the ""Roman Martyrology"", but not in any other ancient calendars (such as the ""Martyrologium Hieronymianum""). ""Quiteria"" may be derived from ""Kythere"" (or ""Kyteria"", ""Kuteria""), a title applied to the Phoenician goddess Astarte which meant ""the red one"", or from (the possibly related name) ""Cytherea"", an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite because she was born on the island of Kythira. Such origins of the name suggest to some that Quiteria is fictional."
"Moneta In Roman mythology, Moneta (Latin Monēta) was a title given to two separate goddesses: the goddess of memory (identified with the Greek goddess Mnemosyne) and an epithet of Juno, called Juno Moneta (Latin Iūno Monēta). The latter's name is source of numerous words in English and the Romance languages, including the words ""money"" and ""mint"". The cult of the goddess Moneta was established largely under the influence of Greek religion that featured the cult of Mnemosyne (""Μνημοσύνη""), the goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses. The goddess's name is derived from Latin ""monēre"" (which means to remind,"
"The second series of euro banknotes is known as the Europa Series and bears her likeness in the watermark and hologram. The metal ""europium"", a rare-earth element, was named in 1901 after the continent. The invention of the telescope revealed that the planet Jupiter, clearly visible to the naked eye and known to humanity since prehistoric times, has an attendant family of moons. These were named for male and female lovers of the god and other mythological persons associated with him. The smallest of Jupiter's Galilean moons was named after Europa. Europa (consort of Zeus) In Greek mythology, Europa (;"
"that Princess Diana spreads love not by force, but by inspiration, and the gods then return to their home on Mount Olympus. Aphrodite (DC Comics) Aphrodite is a character in DC Comics. She is based on the Greek deity of the same name. Aphrodite first appeared in ""All-Star Comics"" #8 and was adapted by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. Aphrodite is the Greek Olympian Goddess of Love, Beauty, Pleasure, and Sex. While fair, loving and at times mischievous, the goddess' interest in the desires of the heart, the spirit and the flesh lead her to be promiscuous, tumultuous,"
"Drachmi Greek Democratic Movement Five Stars Drachmi Greek Democratic Movement Five Stars (abbreviated as: Drachma Five Star) is a Greek eurosceptic political party established on May 1, 2013 by Theodore Katsanevas, former member of PASOK and son-in-law of Andreas Papandreou, with a primary target for Greece to abandon the euro and to return to the drachma. The purpose of the party is for Greece to abandon the euro in favour of the drachma. The five stars symbolise ""the overturn of the Memorandum, the return to the drachma, robust growth, national dignity and social justice"", but they also clearly state a"
"her sisters. Euphrosyne is a Goddess of Joy or Mirth, and the incarnation of grace and beauty. The other two Charites are Thalia (Good Cheer) and Aglaea (Beauty or Splendor). Her half-brother is Hephaistos, or Hephaestus, the god of metalworking and volcanoes. Her name is the female version of a Greek word euphrosynos, which means ""merriment"". In Roman myths the Graces where known as the ""Gratiae"". She can be seen along with the other two Graces at the left of the painting in Botticelli's ""Primavera"". The sculptor Antonio Canova made a well-known piece in white marble representing the three Graces,"
"and goddesses found in distant cultures are mythologically comparable and are cognates. Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn, for instance, is cognate to Indic ""Ushas"", Roman ""Aurora"" and Latvian ""Auseklis"". Zeus, the Greek king of gods, is cognate to Latin ""Iūpiter"", Old German ""Ziu"", and Indic ""Dyaus"", with whom he shares similar mythologies. Other deities, such as Aphrodite, originated from the Near East. Greek deities varied locally, but many shared panhellenic themes, celebrated similar festivals, rites, and ritual grammar. The most important deities in the Greek pantheon were the Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes,"
"has been also given to the proposals of the party for a unified currency in south European countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus). Drachmi Greek Democratic Movement Five Stars Drachmi Greek Democratic Movement Five Stars (abbreviated as: Drachma Five Star) is a Greek eurosceptic political party established on May 1, 2013 by Theodore Katsanevas, former member of PASOK and son-in-law of Andreas Papandreou, with a primary target for Greece to abandon the euro and to return to the drachma. The purpose of the party is for Greece to abandon the euro in favour of the drachma. The five stars"
"Ceres. Depictions on coins appear to show a cult image of Faustina seated on a throne and holding a tall staff in her left hand. Faustina's portrait on coins from this period is often crowned as well as veiled, which may also recall a feature of Faustina's cult image from the temple. The deified Faustina was associated particularly closely with Ceres, who featured prominently on coins of Faustina; for some years, the torch-bearing Ceres was the dominant motif in her gold coinage. Herodes Atticus venerated Faustina as the “new Demeter” (the Greek equivalent of Ceres) at a private sanctuary he"
"statue of Athena holding the bird in her hand. The call of a little owl was thought to have heralded the murder of Julius Caesar. The genus name, ""Athene"", commemorates the goddess, whose original role as a goddess of the night might explain the link to an owl. The species name ""noctua"" has, in effect, the same meaning, being the Latin name of an owl sacred to Minerva, Athena's Roman counterpart. In 1992, the little owl appeared as a watermark on Jaap Drupsteen’s 100 guilder banknote for the Netherlands. Little owl The little owl (""Athene noctua"") is a bird that"
"has assessed the bird's conservation status as being of ""least concern"". Owls have often been depicted from the Upper Palaeolithic onwards, in forms from statuettes and drawings to pottery and wooden posts, but in the main they are generic rather than identifiable to species. The little owl is, however, closely associated with the Greek goddess Athena and the Roman goddess Minerva, and hence represents wisdom and knowledge. A little owl with an olive branch appears on a Greek tetradrachm coin from 500 BC (a copy of which appears on the modern Greek one-euro coin) and in a 5th-century B.C. bronze"
"and it was not discovered until 1999 or 2000 was that the sky in the upper right-hand corner had been added in the 19th century. The painting depicts the Greek and Roman goddess Diana (""Artemis"" in Ancient Greece) with four of her companions. She wears a loose fitting, yellow dress with an animal-skin sash and, on her head, a diadem with a symbol of the crescent moon. As she sits on a rock, a nymph washes her left foot. Another, behind Diana, sits with her partially bare back to the viewer (the most skin Vermeer shows on a figure in"
"be a copy of the statue of Cleopatra set up by Caesar in the temple of Venus Genetrix, a view supported by Bernard Andreae. In addition to , the apparent royal diadem worn over the head is also an indication that it depicts Cleopatra. Detractors of this theory argue that the facial features on and coinage of Cleopatra differ and assert that it was unlikely she would be depicted as the naked goddess Venus (i.e. the Greek Aphrodite). However, she was depicted in an Egyptian statue as the goddess Isis. Cleopatra was also depicted on some of her coins as"
"Aphrodite (DC Comics) Aphrodite is a character in DC Comics. She is based on the Greek deity of the same name. Aphrodite first appeared in ""All-Star Comics"" #8 and was adapted by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. Aphrodite is the Greek Olympian Goddess of Love, Beauty, Pleasure, and Sex. While fair, loving and at times mischievous, the goddess' interest in the desires of the heart, the spirit and the flesh lead her to be promiscuous, tumultuous, fickle and impulsive. In the Pre-Crisis, Aphrodite is one of the patron goddesses who gave life to the Amazons of Themyscira. She"
"except for minor spelling variations. An example is given below: The coin is an Aureus (""gold coin""), a then new type, designed (with the silver Denarius) for across-the-table payment of their wages to Sulla's men. A Denarius represented a day's wages; an Aureus, a month's. The obverse (""heads"" in the American vernacular) represents the goddess, Roma. ECB originally had supposed it is meant to be Pallas Athena, without considering that such an interpretation would place the patron goddess of Rome's enemy, Athens, on its coin. Themes on coins are never sardonic. On the reverse (""tails"") is a representation of a"
"of different Roman emperors. She often is represented on the reverse side of a coin holding an owl and a spear among her attributes. Stemming from an Italic moon goddess ""*Meneswā"" ('She who measures'), the Etruscans adopted the inherited Old Latin name, ""*Menerwā"", thereby calling her Menrva. It is presumed that her Roman name, Minerva, is based on this Etruscan mythology. Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools, and commerce. She was the Etruscan counterpart to Greek Athena. Like Athena, Minerva burst from the head of her father, Jupiter (Greek Zeus), who had devoured her mother (Metis) in"
"head pointing at an angle and her feet pointing toward the center. The name of the goddess appears above her head: Dione (ΔΙΟΝΗ), Phoebe (ΦΟΙΒΙΗ), and the obscure Nyche (ΝΥΧΙΗ). ""Amibousa,"" a word referring to the phases of the moon, is written under each goddess's feet. Densely inscribed spells frame each goddess: the inscriptions around Dione and Nyche are ""voces magicae"", incantatory syllables (""magic words"") that are mostly untranslatable. Melinoë appears in a triple invocation that is part of the inscription around Phoebe: ""O Persephone, O Melinoë, O Leucophryne"". Esoteric symbols are inscribed on the edges of the triangle. Melinoë"
"Hera (Marvel Comics) Hera is a fictional deity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the Greek Goddess of the same name. Hera first appeared in the pages of ""Thor"" #129, written by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby. Hera is the Queen of the Olympian pantheon and wife of Zeus. Neptune and Pluto are her brothers, Demeter and Vesta are her sisters, and Ares, Hephaestus, and Hebe are her children, all by Zeus. She was born on the island of Samos, and now resides with the rest of the pantheon in"