Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 545
eight oi04. Cp. Brit. Mas. Cat. Bronzes p. 351 no.. 2858.Another belt-hook of the %a.m^ provenance and of similar design (fig. 339) omits the wings,but connects the heads of the Twins by means of a forked bar. ■* For a clear perception of this sequence of ideas I am indebted to friendly… … Etruscan mirror: the Dioskouroi with Leda(?) and Helene(?) between them. See page 432 n. 7. The Dioskouroi as the halves of the Sky 433 They bisected the sky theoretically into hemispheres, one above, the otherbelow, the earth, and called them Dioskoroi, adding a marvellous tale abouttheir life on…
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