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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 878

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p. 67 f. no. no fig. likewise takes to be a * Poseidon (?), by the school of Lysippos. 1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Bronzes p. 172 no. 930. Height: 3|-ins. Fig. 687 is from a photo-graph by Mr W. H. Hayles. Gradual elimination of the thunderbolt 749 recalls Hageladas PazsK The pose is that of a Polyclitan… … Fig. 687. as insipid as its composition : the would-be deity holds out histhunderbolt like a shopman offering his wares. Meantime increasing mansuetude had transferred the bolt fromthe right hand, which could use it, to the left hand,which could not. That is the case with another small ^ Supra p.…

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

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