Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 457
often confronting each other (figs. 227—231), some-times with a flaming thyiniaterion between them (fig. 230) or housedin a common shrine with papyrus-headed columns (fig. 231^), orfinally upborne side by side on the spread wings of an eagle (fig. 232)^.The numismatic Canopi of Osiris resemble the… … Fig. 232. another, they were not only surmounted by a human head, but alsodecorated with various figures. It is even possible that the seriesof dots seen on the Osiris-Canopi (figs. 224, 228, etc.) were holesstuffed with wax like those of Kanopos himself. A further possibility is deserving of…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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