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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 891

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e of the sceptre and even less of the thunderbolt; for theformer is held yet higher, while the latter has simply disappeared. Another long-established^ type was that of Zeus seated on athrone with an eagle flying either to him or from him. Laconiancups of c. 550-500 B.C.^ adopted the former pose*;… … 701. Fig. 700. Fig. similar Zeus appears seated on a throne with a himdtion about hiswaist, a sceptre in his left hand, a winged thunderbolt in his right,and an eagle flying before him (figs. 700, joiy. The Olympiancoins start the third of four series dated by Mr C. T. Seltmanbetween r. 452 and c.…

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

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