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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 263

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Fig. 129. Fig. 130. tripod-//^^i, from which a second snake is drinking. The substitu-tion of one eagle for two is a noteworthy change, probably broughtabout by oriental influence; for an eagle on a sacred stone had inLevantine art of the Graeco-Roman age a solar significance*, whichwould well suit…

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

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