Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 323
iniscent of a Minoan mother-goddess. Indeed, when Alexanderthe Great struck his magnificent gold coins (figs. 142, 143)1 showingthe head of Athena with a coiled snake on its helmet, we may detecta last unconscious echo of the Cretan goddess with a snake twinedabout her head-dress. What the name… … Fig. 142. Fig- 143-
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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