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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 856

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s and Olous, i. 729 n. 2 Dreros Gradual elimination of the thunderbolt 731 Apart from this exceptional case, it is certainly true to say thatthroughout classical times Zeus becomes less and less the impetuousthunderer, more and more the dignified ruler. He wields both thethunderbolt and the sceptre… … Fig. 663.Munich, which can be dated c. 550 B.C., shows Zeus attackingTyphon (fig. 663)^ The god with a mighty thunderbolt gripped byhis strong right hand is rushing against his foe in the attitude ofrapid movement dear to archaic art. A red-figured lekythos at Paris,attributed to Hermonax, a…

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

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