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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 950

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812 Zeus Keraunobolos^ Kerawiios; the king of gods and men. On a stool or couch, the posts of whichwere once topped by a pair of kneeling Giants, is spread theroyal mantle. Upon this lies a great winged thunderbolt; beyond … Fig. 778. it is seen a transverse sceptre ; and a powerful eagle mounts guardover all. Sling bullets of lead marked with a thunderbolt and inscribed—Victory of Zeus Kerminios—have occasionally been found in Sicily (fig. 779). They were doubt-

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

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