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Among the ancient civilizations, it was in Athenian Greece that the owl reaches the zenith of its appreciation as a symbolic bird. It was here that wisdom and the owl became synonymous. Athens had been named after its protecting goddess, Athene or Athena, and the owl was sacred to her. For hundreds of years, from the sixth to the first century BC, Athenian coins were minted with the image of the goddess on one side and the owl on the other. These Greek coins were known colloquially as owls
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:58:56 +0000

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