Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 381
his head. He holds a thunderbolt in his right hand, a couple ofspears in his left. In the tree is an eagle side by side with a snake. Beneath the treeburns a small square altar, close to which stands a wide-mouthed kratir. Thunderboltand eagle characterise the god as Zeus; snake and krat^r (cp.… … ^/E: nan a IP OZA0HNOAPOYA II E A A X 1 ni E Y X H N Fis. eagle and snake juxtaposed in friendly fashion. The unusual features of this stele are theconception of the god as a rider and his connexion with a dream. Zeus Sabdzios is notelsewhere an equestrian figure, unless it be he who on the well…
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