I
hope this post isn't too esoteric for this
forum. I decided to look up Eryx and why they
had dogs on their coins. Found a few interesting things, but this book chapter is very interesting and not necessarily what I wanted to see. I
had no idea that dogs were used as sacrifices.
Nor was I aware of all the mythological contexts. So, better to know than not to. Here is that link:
The
Dog as a Sacred Animal in
Greece:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/FRALUP/7*.html
This made me think of the relatively famous painting from the early 20th century by John
Stewart Curry called Tornado Over Kansas, a "regionalist" US painting that is today more appreciated than it was back then. Anyway, what is amazing about this painting is that it shows what our priorities are. The large livestock in the distance are screwed. LOL. The adults and children are being helped to safety, along with the
dog, puppies, and the cat. The most sad thing about it is the
chicken standing there being left behind. Which I think was the point of the painting.
I love the
Greeks, but sacrifice a
dog? I think not. Not sure I wanted to know.
Virgil