Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 658
crifice of an ox, and that a mul-tiplicity of such symbols commemorated a hecatomb, will not do.The prominent position accorded to the axe, the duplication of itsblades,the careful proppingof its haft,implythat this was nocommon-place tool, but a divine weapon. Are we then to conclude that theaxe… … Fig. 410. should the axe be set up between the ox-horns? To grasp the realmeaning of this combination we must bear in mind {a) that the bullwas the theanthropic animal of the Cretan Zeus, torn asunder in hisservice^ and buried in his name^; {b) that ritual horns appear to haveoriginated in the…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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