Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 292
arro pro quaestore have obv. varro • PRO Q, a filleted bust of lupiter(Terminalis ?) to right; rev. MAGN • PRO COS {Magnus pro consule) in exergue, a sceptreupright between an eagle and a dolphin (emblems of earth, air, and sea ?) (BabelonMonn. rip. rom. ii. 343, 485 f. fig., Brit. Mus. Cat. Roiti.… … 1134 Appendix M but an actual embodiment of Zeus\ which conferred upon its holder thepowers of the sky-god. This belief has left traces of itself throughout thehistorical period of Greece and Rome 2; indeed, it appears to have lingeredon^ well into the middle ages*. In a sense it is still with us^.…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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