Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 749
axe with the legendary kingsof Athens. When Kodros devoted his life for his country, he dressed as a woodman (Lyk.Al. 1378 dvuKTOs Tou dpvrjKOTTOv with Tzetz. ad loc.) and took in hand a double axe (Tzetz.chil. I. 194 f. 8 ypovs 6 Kodpos kul aroXqu d-^d[xevos dpvTOfxov, \ TreXe/cet AaKwvd riva… … 628 The axe carried by priests and priestesses temple of Zeus at Olympia, carved before the middle of the fifthcentury perhaps by an Elean sculptor, figureshim swinging the same trusty weapon againsta brutal Centaury Finally, Theseus was saidto have freed from robbers the old mountain-road that led…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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