Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 85
a of Boios {supra p. 463 n. i) a queer tale,which relates apparently to the Dictaean Cave : In Crete, they say, there is a cave sacredto bees. Tradition has it that in this cave Rhea gave birth to Zeus, and neither god norman may enter it. Every year at a definite time there is seen a great glare… … Amphora from Vulci, now in the British Museum: Laios, Keleos, Kerberos,and Aigolios stung by bees in the Dictaean Cave. See page 929 n. o. The Mountain-cults of Zeus 929 the nurses of Zeus. Laios, Keleos, Kerberos, and Aigolios dared to enter it that theymight draw as much honey as they could. They…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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