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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 285

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. fig., F. Studniczka ib. 1906 xxi. 80 with fig. 2 on p. 79, ReinachI^^p. Reliefs ii. 60 no. 4),—a possible forerunner of the archaising series. The prototypeis, however, to be sought in an archaic original such as the fragmentary altar of theBarracco Mwitnm. {Catalogue Barracco wo. 82, Reinach/?^.… … Fig. 141. But if so, it follows that Apollon seated on his tripod is virtuallyseated on the top of a sacred pillar. He is thus a figure comparablewith Zeus enthroned on the summit of his sky-pillar-. Indeed, an • The locality of the scene represented has often been discussed. Most modern…

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

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