Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 827
cupies the site of Kalchedon, a colony of Megara1, andthat Pausanias mentions a sanctuary of the Eileithyiai at Megaraitself2. Hence he inferred that the relief was an ex-voto dedicatedto the Eileithyiai, whose cult had been carried by the colonistsfrom Megara to Kalchedon. Reinach indeed… … Fig. 480. mentioned later3. Meantime it may be conceded that in generala definite art-type does pre-suppose a definite belief and notinfrequently a definite cult. (2) The second type, which shows Zeus delivered without theaid of the Eileithyiai by the axe-bearer alone, is so far as I…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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