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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 961

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h. 1888 xiii. 290 pi. 29, 9 ( = my fig. 583). ■ [- -] 0*ANEOEKENAPA>+EN. 50—2 788 The owl of Athena nicety to serve as an official choinix or quart1. Half way up itsouter surface is an inscription, which, though imperfect, can be readas.demdslon, a public (measure). Near the first letter of this… … Fig- 583- stamp—a helmeted head of Athena facing right. These two reliefs,implying small stamps or seals of excellent work, were comparedby A. Dumont with Athenian coins of the new style (V. 220 B.C.and later). His comparison was most just; for coins, as T. Burgon2pointed out long ago, are nothing…

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

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