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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 141

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Fig- 47- 86 lupiter-Columns a flash of lightning held across his body. As he steps out from thetop of the column, he looks like an incredibly clumsy caricatureof Paionios Victory. Equally bizarre is a group from Luxovium {Luxeuil) in GermaniaSuperior (fig. 48)^ This shows the rider-god thrusting… … Fig. 48. hand between the spokes- of a wheel and resting his left on theshoulder of a partially draped female figure, who appears to befloating through the air at his side. The giant is reduced to amere head supporting the left forefoot of the horse. The precisesignificance of the group is…

Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature

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