Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 930
. •^ Coins of Poseidonia {e.g. Garrucci Moit. It. ant. p. 178 pi. 121, 29, 30, 3i = my figs.762—764) show Poseidon brandishing his trident and Zeus brandishing his thunderbolt inprecisely the same attitude. The resemblance is suggestive, though not of course conclusive. … Fig. 764.Garrucci says of the last piece : Nettuno qual Giove fulminante a d. dinanzi un delfino,a sin. rO^EI AA. Id. ib. p. 176 f. pi. 120, 8 wrongly infers from an early drachm 796 The thunderbolt of Zeus Different in character from this early representation are theattempts made occasionally…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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