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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 850

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38, i f, Wlinsch rh lidyKos ouofia ovpavbv arj/maivei rrjl^a^ivwv yXdbacry is not conclusive (R. S. Conway op. cit. i. 357). But, on the whole, itseems clear that Dius Fidius was a specialised form of lupiter, the sky-god by whom menswore. Now lupiter was believed to sanction treaties with his… … Fig. 660. Fig. 661. Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 318 points out that of the inscriptions mentioning him the threemost important are all dedications by the decuria sacerdotum bidentalium (Dessau op. cit.nos. 3472, 3473) or decuria bidentalis {ib. no. 3474), on which see E. de RuggieroDizionario epigrafico…

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

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