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Author of the article: Kamille Parkinson Publishing date: Jan 29, 2021  •  January 29, 2021  •  5 minute read Kingston City Hall is an example of the Greek Revival architectural style. Photo by Elliot Ferguson /The Whig-Standard Article content Hello lockdown, my old friend. I’ve come to write in you again. … They do say that history repeats itself, though one does tend to hope that there is a longer lapse of time between episodes. Still, our latest lockdown deja vu does provide fodder for this column, in that in the history of art of the western/Eurocentric world prior to the...

The Tetradrachms of Athens (and Athena) Athena purchased the naming rights to the town now known as Athens. Coins had not yet been invented so Athena could not pay cash for the naming rights, but she did have something valuable to offer instead: she gave the Athenians the olive tree, which has been associated with Athena and Athens ever since. The Athenians struck their first coins circa 560 BCE. These are known today as Wappenmünzen (“badge coins”), due to Seltman’s (1924) theory – now rejected – that the designs on the coins represented the heraldic badges of important Athenia...