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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 509

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Fig. 259. 392 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 Apollon, Zeus andHera, Dionysos, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Artemis, Hermes. Aphrodite carries on her heada ttbes, of which A. de Ridder in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. iii. iooi says: il con-tenait sans doute leau lustrale.…

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

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