The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day (1899)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.; London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 225
Sicilian Coin with Medusa-Head.The use of the Triguetra (three legs) is frequent in the three-cornered island.The ears of wheat indicate the proverbial fertility of Sicily, the granary of Rome. … The Gorgoneion on the Shield of Phidiass Athene.The head of the Medusa is surrounded by scenes of a battle with Amazons.One of the fighters (the man with the bald head) is supposed to be a portrait of theartist Phidias. and as the son of Zeus, says (iii. 24) : Do you believeall the fables of Homer?…
Devil · Demonology · Good and evil
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