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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 672

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t Kronossaw while he slept and slept while he waked ; and likewise with his wings, thathe flew while he rested and rested while he flew. To each of the other gods heassigned two wings upon the shoulders, on the ground that they shared in theflight of Kronos. Again, he gave Kronos two feathers on… … Fig. 429. Fig- 43 Fig. 432. Fig. 430. L. P. di Cesnola at Kourion in Kypros and now in the MetropolitanMuseum of Art at New York^. The god, armed with a shortsword, is stabbing a lion—a type which recurs on a silver bowlfrom Idalion now in the Louvre—, and about him hover twoEgyptising hawks. The…

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

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