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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 888

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re of the sceptre and even less of the thunderbolt; for theformer is held yet higher, while the latter has simply disappeared. Another long-established^ type was that of Zeus seated on athrone with an eagle flying either to him or from him. Laconiancups of c. 550-500 B.C.2 adopted the former pose^;… … Fig- 700. Fig. 701. similar Zeus appears seated on a throne with a hi77tdtion about hiswaist, a sceptre in his left hand, a winged thunderbolt in his right,and an eagle flying before him (figs. 700, 701)^. The Olympiancoins start the third of four series dated by Mr C. T. Seltmanbetween c. 452 and…

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

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