Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 82
ls over her head and forms a framework for her wholefigure betoken that she is Hera as a bride^ With her left hand she is unveilingherself to her bridegroom. In her right she probably held a sceptre. Variations of the same type may be detected in late Greek vase-paintings,which introduce Zeus and… … register (fig. 835)2. Here we see Zeus seated on a rock with Ganymedes (?)standing behind him and Hera in front. Zeus is half-draped in a himdtion andhas a fillet in his hair. His left hand, decorated with a bracelet, holds a longsceptre; his right he raises in conversation with Hera. She wears an…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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