Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 944
ere—says Appian—Seleukos i Nikator, whenfounding the city, followed the guidance of a thunderbolt, regardingit as a Zeus-sign {Diosemia)-. He therefore bade the citizens treatthe thunderbolt as a god : which they did, worshipping it withritual and hymns. Probably the object of their veneration w^as…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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