Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 892
fac- 758 Gradual elimination of the thunderbolt Olympian Zeus^ from the local coinage. He retained the throne / and the sceptre in the gods left hand, but replaced the winged thunderbolt by a winged Victory, and transferred the eagle to the sceptre-top, thereby suggesting not so much the stormy… … Fig. 702. leaning against his right shoulder, the eagle about to fly from hisright hand, and the thunderbolt omitted. P. Gardner conjecturedthat the rock was meant for Mount Olympos-—Olympos (let ussuppose) in the neighbourhood of Olympiad The comparativefreedom of the seated figure, the…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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