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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 79

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av. 1501 f. ri yap 6 Zeis iroiel; \ airtudpiafei ras ve<piXas rj l-vvv£<pei; 3—2 36 Zeus and the Clouds in Art Latin poets likewise associate the clouds with the sky-god—Statiusfor instance speaks ofcloudy Iupiter1—and the notion passed intothe common poetic stock. (b) Zeus and the Clouds in… … shows a fair-haired3 Zeus reclining amid the clouds. He wears anoak-wreath on his head, a reddish4 hinidtion round his left shoulderand both legs,and a sandal on his foot. His right hand grasps a doublelotiform thunderbolt, his left a long sceptre. His face, backed bya whitish5 nimbus, expresses…

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

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