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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 359

An illustration from Zeus : a study in ancient religion, 1914, leaf 359
at Delphoi 263 Attic style now in the British Museum (pi. xviii). The mountain-side with a stepped altar in the foreground stands for the precinctat Delphoi*, which is still largely Dionysiac—witness the ivy-leavesthat strew the ground, the company of Satyrs and Maenads, andthe presence of Dionysos… … Fig- 173- his left hand, a tortoise-shell lyre in his right. He glances overhis shoulder at Dionysos, who occupies a subordinate seat on theextreme left, similarly clad in a short chiton with an embroideredhiindtion, wearing fillet and ivy-wreath, and holding a thyrsos in onehand,ar/y/<?/z in…

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

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