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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 715

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e permet ni de nier ni daffirmer. ^ Supra p. 574 n. 7. Fig. 496. I The double axe and Zeus Labrdyndos 593 four rows of female breasts. We are, of course, inclined to regardthis effeminate form as a goddess, not a god, till we come to examineits counterpart on the second relief (fig. 497). That is a… … Fig. 497. inscribed Zeus. He faces us, in chiton and himdtion, holding a doubleaxe over his right shoulder and a spear in his left hand. A smallpiece of marble, filling the space between the head and the edge ofthe panel, suggests a kdlatJws. Round his neck Zeus wears a largenecklace. On his chest,…

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

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