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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 1023

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Fig. 657. Fig. 6S8. In claiming that Athenas aigis with its Gorgdneion was thusdeveloped out of a snake-skin or owl-skin, the exuviae of her oldanimal self, I do not pretend to have tracked the Gorgon to itsoriginal lair. I maintain merely that the horrifying head of thesnake or owl tended from the…

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

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