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It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / ! ⚡

"Akragas, five cities of that name. The first is in , named for the river flowing past it. [...] Others say the city is named for Akragas, the son of and Asterope, the daughter of Okeanos."
Stephanus Byzantius, Ethica A 167 s. v. Ἀκράγαντες

🏛️ from Sicily, late 3rd century BCE

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Photograph of two sides of a silver coin. On the left the coin shows the laureate head of Zeus facing right, depicted with a full beard and braided hair. On the right the reverse side shows a winged thunderbolt with Greek letters inscribed above and below it.
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