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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 742

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ubUshed twoof single blade found at Skogstorp near Eskilstuna in Sweden andanother found in the Amt wood near Veile in Denmark. All three,in lieu of solid metal, had a thin coating of bronze over a clay core;and the first two were adorned with plates of gold and studs ofamber. We have, however, no… … Fig- 515-More ad rem is A. Blanchets observation^ that over and overagain both in France and in Sweden axes of stone or bronze havebeen found carefully arranged in symmetric circles, perhaps with aview to solar cult. Besides, bronze axe-heads from the burial groundat Hallstatt are in some cases…

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

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