Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 1011
Ishtar are the snakes who carry out thecommands of Shamash, the god of Law and Righteousness. In answer to the friendly criticisms of Mr Sidney Smith I wouldurge that the formidable and rapacious aspect of the goddessdesiderated by him is to be sought in Athenas relation to theGorgon2, who… … Fig. 649. 1 Supra p. 833 n. o sub fill. 2 Supra ii. 502 n. 2, iii. 189 n. 1. 3 A black-figured hydria of late, Etruscan, style, found by E. Gerhard at Vulci in1834 and now at Berlin, shows a Gorgon-headed monster, with four wings and the talonsof a bird, clutching two naked youths (Furtwangler…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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