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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 398

An illustration from Zeus : a study in ancient religion, 1914, leaf 398
published by Montfaucon, repre-sents a priest wearing on his breast two medalHons and an aedicula(fig. 192)1: the medallions display two busts of Attis ; the aedicula hasKybele with mural crown and timbrel standing between lupiter(thunderbolt, spear) and Mercurius {caduceus), the gable being… … Fig. igi. Conservatori at Rome-, shows (fig. 193)^ a priest of effeminate aspectwearing a long-sleeved cJiiton and a hiindtion drawn like a veil overhis head. He has ear-rings, fillets, and a necklace. In his right handis a pomegranate and three pomegranate (?)-twigs; in his left handa shell-shaped…

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

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