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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 788

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ch. Num. 1899 ii. 303 ff. pis. IE,1—9, 17 f., Is-, 1—5, C. Seltman Greek Coins London 1933 p. 195 f. pi. 45, 11, 12, 15). Zeus as an ox; Zeus Olbios 637 3 Bovine ears, an unnecessary deformation, are discarded in most representations ofIo as a horned maiden, e.g. on a red-figured krater from Ruvo… … Fig- 434- Nikias of Athens, the famous contemporary of Praxiteles (Plin. nat. hist. 35. 133), isknown to have painted a large picture of Io (id. ib. 35. 132). Pliny, describing histechnique, says that he devoted special attention to women, was careful in his treatmentof light and shade, and took…

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

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