Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 211
rn Greek belief in the earth as supported by one column with four otherpillars {supra p. 56 n. 2 no. 621). ■* L. A. Milani Sardorum sacra et sacrorum signa etc. in the Hilprecht AnniversaryVolume Leipzig—London—Paris—Chicago 1909 p. 312 f. fig. i, A. Taramelli II tempio 142 The Sky-Pillar in… … Fig- 84. topped by bulls horns supporting a dove. Adjoining this structureis a small edifice with a gabled roof, on the ridge of which are theremains of three doves. It seems probable that the quincunx ofpillars rising from a solid base was in effect a model of the skyuplifted above the earth-,…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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