Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 696
Umb mbrios 56i head spout, from which gushes a stream of water still colouredgreen. The base is inscribed The Goddess of Showers1. Thisterra cotta combines, cleverly enough, two Hellenistic motives—that of the crouching Aphrodite2 and that of the lions-headfountain3. Perhaps we are meant to… … (h) Zeus Hyetios. Essentially similar to Zeus Ombrios, the Showery, was Zeus\Hyetios, the Rainy5. We have already seen that Nonnos appliedjoth names to one god6; and, whereas Plutarchs list of agricultural 1 The inscription 6EA H OMBRIOS (sic) is given in the text as 0EA H OMBRIOS.|The discrepancy…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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