140 The Mountain as the Throne of Zeus
However that may be, the Greeks do seem to have associated
these rock-cut thrones with Zeus. High up on the south-eastern
slope of Mount Koressos at Ephesos is another example of them.
At the top of a precipitous cliff two steps are hewn out, which give
access to a large oblong seat with end-pieces or arms and a high
vertical back. In the angle made by this seat and its back another
Fig. 105.
step is contrived, standing on which a man can easily reach a hole,
presumably a receptacle for offerings, excavated behind the back
in a second and higher horizontal surface. The whole arrangement
is clearly seen in a sketch and section by Niemann (figs. 104—105)1.
There is no traditional name attached to this throne ; nor is there
1 From O. Benndorf Forschtingen in Ephesos Wien 1906 p. 56 f. figs. 19, 20.
However that may be, the Greeks do seem to have associated
these rock-cut thrones with Zeus. High up on the south-eastern
slope of Mount Koressos at Ephesos is another example of them.
At the top of a precipitous cliff two steps are hewn out, which give
access to a large oblong seat with end-pieces or arms and a high
vertical back. In the angle made by this seat and its back another
Fig. 105.
step is contrived, standing on which a man can easily reach a hole,
presumably a receptacle for offerings, excavated behind the back
in a second and higher horizontal surface. The whole arrangement
is clearly seen in a sketch and section by Niemann (figs. 104—105)1.
There is no traditional name attached to this throne ; nor is there
1 From O. Benndorf Forschtingen in Ephesos Wien 1906 p. 56 f. figs. 19, 20.