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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 937

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s asceptre, not a fork. I do not doubt that the specimen figured belowhas been tooled by some unscrupulous hand. On Greek soil, then, there is no relevant evidence. It remainsto enquire whether Italy is equally barren. E. Braun in 1837 drew attention to the fact that Rafael and ^ Morell. Thes.… … 8o2 The thunderbolt of Zeus other painters represented Pluto with a two-pronged fork in hishand, and conjectured that this detail must have been taken fromancient monuments since lost^ F. G. Welckerin 1851-, and again in 1857-^ confirmed hisopinion, citing definite works .of renaissanceart in which…

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

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