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Zeus : a study in ancient religion (1914)

Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 215

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signed ? It belongs clearly to the later part of the transitional period whenfighting-man developed into fighting-god {supra ii. 739 ff., 1222 f.) and may be datedc. 460 B.C. Beyen attributes it, on rather insufficient grounds, to the Sicyonian school;Karouzos, more explicitly, to the… … Fig. 900. tremendous antagonist in the act of hurling a missile! (3) Zeus or Poseidon? Theattitude would suit either, according as we assume thunderbolt or trident in the righthand. Karouzos and Beyen think that the fingers imply a cylindrical trident loosely heldrather than a tightly grasped…

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

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