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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 1032

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ound face, the fijrrowedforehead, the wide toothy mouth, and the lolHng tongue, but madeall these traits somewhat milder and less horrific. The snakes areapt to pass into snaky locks, and the beard vanishes. The wholeeffect is repellent rather than repulsive. The beautiful type appears for the… … Fig. 664. 1 An antefix of terracotta found before the east front of the Bouleuterion at Olympia.The tongue is red; the teeth, white. To be dated 450—400 B.C. (R. Borrmann inOlympia ii. 195 f. fig. 13 restoration, pi. 120, i in colours ( = my fig. 663) with side view,A. Furtwangler loc. cit. p. 1720…

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

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