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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 857

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red hair and beard, has the ear of a horse, the wings of a bird, and twosnaky tails by way of legs. He wears a short yellow-white chiton. 2 De Kidder Cat. Vases de la Bibl. Nat. ii 362 no. 489, P. Milliet—A. Giraudon Vasespeints du Cabinet des Medailles dr Antiques {Bibliotheque Nationale) Paris… … Fig. 664. Gradual elimination of the thunderbolt 733 appears quaintly enough on the shoulder of the vase^ as a womanrunning towards the right but looking behind her. Zeus, occupyingthe main field of decoration, advances with hasty steps, a thunder-bolt in his right hand, a sceptre in his left. But…

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

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