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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 508

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Fig. 259. 39^ Water-carrying in connexion with marriage What is the meaning of these customs, and why should a ceremonyperformed at a wedding also be performed, or at least imitated, atthe burial of a bachelor or spinster? A typical case may serve topoint the question. Here, for example, is a stele… … Fig. 260. Mus. Cat. Vases ii. 12 Type C). The deities, from left to right, are ApoUon, Zeus andHera, Dionysos, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Artemis, Hermes. Aphrodite carries on her heada libes^ of which A. de Ridder in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. iii. looi says: il con-tenait sans doute Ieau lustrale. Cp.…

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

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