Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 475
ventured upon a creation so remote fromthe common run of classical types? lanus bifrontal in ritual 375 wears a flat cap on his head. In one hand he flourishes a drum-stick with knobbed ends. In the other he holds a second stick, withwhich apparently he drums on an oval shield. The shield is… … Fig. 281. frieze of Greek marble found at Anagnia, on which we see (fig. 282)^Salii advancing with knobbed staves and oval shields decoratedwith Gorgons head and tragic mask. It is, therefore, reasonable toconclude that the bronze too portrays one of the Salii. If it beobjected that the chief…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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