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is, 'Bellies-in-arms ' or ' Arms-in-bellies,' in connexion with Thessaly, … A distant echo of this mythopoeic stage may be heard in … ' Our nature long ago was not what it is now, but otherwise. In the first … The name of this third sex still survives, though it has-itself become extinct. In … resembled their parents. So it came to pass that in point of power and strength … in Hermes 1902 xxxvii. 292 ff., Gruppe Myth. Lit. 1908 p. 441 f. … his body was cylindrical, being circular in horizontal section. The words can hardly be

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they were terrible ; and in their pride they attacked the gods. Indeed, what … and punished their pride by cutting them in halves like so many … compounded of the other two, he has in mind the ' whole-natured … In the western Mediterranean anthropomorphism went a step … 4 Orph. frag. 62 Abel ap. Prokl. in Plat. Tim. i. 429, 28 ff. Diehl (cp. ib. i. 450,

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in the middle of the forehead1 (fig. 249)1 This is throughout the … about that Servius in the fourth century A.D. can write : ' Many say … Virgil, in the passage on which Servius was commenting, adheres … Anth. Pal. 14. 132. 2, 7, Ov. met. 13. 772 f. The Homeric Kyklopes in general had one … 5 Serv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 636, Myth. Vat. 2. 174.

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Phoebean' must be either the moon or the sun2. Parmenides in … of the Kyklops with the sun. Ovid does so expressly in the … Kyklops' eye stands for the sun in heaven. But we have seen … we are on the right track in investigating the story of the Kyklops … 2 Serv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 637. … eating ogre (or ogress), who lives in a cave and is a famous builder, must be regarded as a … eyes on flame.' I follow W. Grimm 'Die Sage von Polyphem' in the Abh. d. berl.

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corresponds fairly well with a difference indicated in Hesiod's … They verily in all else were like the gods, … Power, violence, and guile were in their deeds. ' … Nor need we be surprised to find the sun conceived in two … addresses 'Nut, in whose head appear two eyes3'—presumably the … in 77. 1. 402, Eustath. in II. p. 123, 42. Gyas is centimanus in Hor. od. 2. 17. 14, 3. 4.

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a hymn written in the time of the twentieth or twenty-first dynasty … ing it in curiously incongruous ways. For example, Amen-hetep iv … home was near Annu or Heliopolis. 'Aten,' says Dr Wallis

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of Aten are made to terminate in human hands (fig. 250)1, … Such solar symbols are, indeed, deep-seated in human nature, … simultaneously ideas that in their origin were incompatible. For, … p. 26, after G. Rawlinson The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World*

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opens his Sunset in the City with the lines— … Low in the west its fiery axle burning1— … while elsewhere in the same little volume he prefers to speak of … But, to return to the Greeks, we have next to enquire in what … And the Platonic Aristophanes in his whimsical narrative tells … such premises. At most it may be said in quite general terms … 3 Id. ib. p. 18. Mr Owen Seaman in The Battle of the Bays London 1896 p. 39 has … opens his Sunset in the City with the lines— … Low in the west its fiery axle burning1— … while elsewhere in the same little volume he prefers to speak of … But, to return to the Greeks, we have next to enquire in what … And the Platonic Aristophanes in his whimsical narrative tells … such premises. At most it may be said in quite general terms … 3 Id. ib. p. 18. Mr Owen Seaman in The Battle of the Bays London 1896 p. 39 has

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W. H. Roscher2 follows A. Furtwangler in regarding this type as … and they had in the end to listen to Minos' demand of seven youths … 1 A. Conze ' Griechische Kohlenbecken' in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. airh. Inst. 1890 … 3 A. Furtwangler ' Die Kopfe der griechischen Kohlenbecken' in the Jahrb. d. kais.

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one with the three-eyed Zeus of Argos, who in turn is strictly … incurring Zeus' enmity9. But nowhere in Greek literature do we … weapon the thunderbolt. He was, in fact, analogous to, but not … 2 W. Grimm 'Die Sage von Polyphem' in the Abh. d. berl. A had. 1857 Phil.-hist. … 4 M. Mayer Die Giganten tend Titanen in der antiken Sage und Kunst Berlin 1887 … Kyklopengedicht der Odysee' in Hermes 1903 xxxviii. 431 ff. draws attention to the similar

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to be met with in Celtic2 and Germanic3 mythology—a fact which … the gods has in one respect been substantiated. For Zeus, as we … repeated in a variety of slightly differing forms: we hear of a sharp … traces of the Kyklopes {supra p. 319 f., Istros ap. schol. //. 10. 439). Maass in Hermes … Kyklopes are located in the Chalcidian colonies Naxos and Leontinoi (Strab. 20, Eustath. … to be met with in Celtic2 and Germanic3 mythology—a fact which … the gods has in one respect been substantiated. For Zeus, as we … repeated in a variety of slightly differing forms: we hear of a sharp … traces of the Kyklopes {supra p. 319 f., Istros ap. schol. //. 10. 439). Maass in Hermes … Kyklopes are located in the Chalcidian colonies Naxos and Leontinoi (Strab. 20, Eustath.

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(Erice), of a red-hot knife (Oghuzians), of a stabbing in the eye … Kyklops-myth of the Odyssey, which in its present shape must be … been the primitive Kyklops-poem2. In this the episode of the … And took and turned it in the blazing fire. … I heartened, lest in terror they should fail me. … And full in his eyeball plunged it. I uplifted … And twirled it in his eye: the blood flowed round … 2 D. Muelder 'Das Kyklopengedicht der Odysee' in Hermes 1903 xxxviii. 414—455.

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Till even its roots were crackling in the fire. … And we in a panic fled, while he from his eye … coming—since even in the Odyssey the incident has been already … that of Prometheus. He is said to have stolen fire from Zeus 'in a … blown out4.' As to the manner in which Prometheus obtained the … in ferulam coniecto, etc., fad. 144 Prometheus in ferula detulit in terras, interp. Serv. in … 4 J. T. Bent The Cyclades London 1885 p. 365. Id. id. : ' In Lesbos this reed is still … down fire from heaven.' The same custom is found in Kypros, according to Sittl on Hes. … Till even its roots were crackling in the fire. … And we in a panic fled, while he from his eye … coming—since even in the Odyssey the incident has been already … that of Prometheus. He is said to have stolen fire from Zeus 'in a … blown out4.' As to the manner in which Prometheus obtained the … in ferulam coniecto, etc., fad. 144 Prometheus in ferula detulit in terras, interp. Serv. in … 4 J. T. Bent The Cyclades London 1885 p. 365. Id. id. : ' In Lesbos this reed is still … down fire from heaven.' The same custom is found in Kypros, according to Sittl on Hes.

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stolen fire, different accounts were current in antiquity. Aischylos … tioned in J. Brassicanus' commentary on Petronius4, expands this … know at all what good things there were in heaven, but asked whether it was … Magic Art ii. 260, who notes that Bent is mistaken in calling the i>dpdrj£ or 'giant fennel' … Cp. Hellanikos frag. 112 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 60 Midler) ap. Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 227. On … 3 Serv. in Verg. eel. 6. 42 Prometheus, [Iapeti et Clymenes nlius,] post factos a se … also in Myth. Vat. 2. 63 Phoebiacis rotis applicans faculam, can be traced back to Fulgent.

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x. The Fire-drill in relation to Prometheus, … fire from the gods and given it to men; but in truth he was the inventor of the … fire-drill may be seen any day in South Africa : … his palms, pressing it slightly downwards, and in a short time he works a small … obtained for me from a Mutoro of Central Africa by my brother-in-

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' It consists in drilling one piece of ararii-wood into another by pulling a string … spindle with a heavy disk: the former may be seen in a Dacotah … reports that the fire-boards of the Chuckchees in the north-east … 2 J. Romilly Allen 'Need-Fire' in The Illustrated Archaeologist 1894—1895 ii. 77 f. … 3 E. B. Tylor op. cit? p. 242 fig. 25 from an example in the Edinburgh Industrial

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' are roughly carved in human form and personified, almost deified, as the super- … Now, if uncivilised people can regard the fire-stick in its hole as … originated in a primitive story concerning the discovery of the same … 3 K. Bapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 3034.

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Ithakesios or Ithakos4-. In short, I suspect that behind Odysseus the … rb yfros, u)kovv tt]v KecpaXrjviav. k.t.X. Cp. Eustath. in II. p. 307, 8, in Od. p. 1815, 44 ff., … 4 Steph. Byz. s.v. 'Ida,Kr]'..!'IdaKos 'Odvacrevs bp.o<p(bvws ry oiKLcrrrj, Eustath. in II. p. 307, … Eustath. in Od. p. 1861, 36 ff. F. F. Zielinski in Philologus 1891 1. 146 ff. argues that … I figure a specimen in my collection. See also Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 680.

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wear fashioned out of his chains, in which was set a stone from Mt. Kaukasos (interp. … ch. ii § 9 (h) ii (17)); and K. Bapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 3041 acutely compares … Giitersloh 1886 p. 18, A. F. Pott in the Zeitschrift fur vergleichende Sprachforschung i860 … als Grundzeichen des westsemitischen Alphabets' in Memnon 1909 iii. 175 ff- This in- … who is mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana. My friend Prof. E. J. Rapson writes to

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Lykophron mentions him in juxtaposition with Zeus Aithiops … examples from south-west Africa (the Herero) and north-east Asia … with Vesta in Italian religion4. It is not, therefore, difficult to … K. Bapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 3034 f., following Gerhard Gr. Myth. p. 97, … of the root that appears in Sanskrit as math or 7?ianth, 'to stir or whirl about' (Sir M. … twirler (' Gertenschwinger'') to be Rhadamanthys as judge of the dead. Certainly in that … pd^dov (see her Proleg. Gk. Eel.2 p. 45). Yet the second element in Rhadamanthys' … Lykophron mentions him in juxtaposition with Zeus Aithiops … examples from south-west Africa (the Herero) and north-east Asia … with Vesta in Italian religion4. It is not, therefore, difficult to … K. Bapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 3034 f., following Gerhard Gr. Myth. p. 97, … of the root that appears in Sanskrit as math or 7?ianth, 'to stir or whirl about' (Sir M. … twirler (' Gertenschwinger'') to be Rhadamanthys as judge of the dead. Certainly in that … pd^dov (see her Proleg. Gk. Eel.2 p. 45). Yet the second element in Rhadamanthys'

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are in the form of a wheel with four, six, seven, eight, or nine spokes, … asses (?)5 also occur. In one case (fig. 261)6 the wheel has become

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animals placed upon the solar wheel are in some sense devoted to … in the north-east corner of Spain. It was founded, according to … covered dozens of swans or ducks associated with the solar wheel in the art of the bronze

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festival (776 B.C.). In its neighbourhood therefore we might look … similar wheel, the whole being some 20 cm. in height. Column … animal on the solar wheel, or rather in between a pair of solar … That belief meets us in the mythologies of various Indo-Europaean … ideas and henceforward to believe in the driver of a celestial … 2 J. Cabre ' Gbjetos ibericos de Calaceite' in the Boletin de la Real Academia de … A. Rapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1998^, A. A. Macdonell Vedic Mythology Strassburg … 5 A. Kuhn op. cit.2 p. 51 ff., A. Rapp loc. cit., J. Dechelette in the Rev. Arch. 1909 i. … p. 1999), but hails from Asia Minor (Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 381 n. 13 and p. 1532 … festival (776 B.C.). In its neighbourhood therefore we might look … similar wheel, the whole being some 20 cm. in height. Column … animal on the solar wheel, or rather in between a pair of solar … That belief meets us in the mythologies of various Indo-Europaean … ideas and henceforward to believe in the driver of a celestial … 2 J. Cabre ' Gbjetos ibericos de Calaceite' in the Boletin de la Real Academia de … A. Rapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1998^, A. A. Macdonell Vedic Mythology Strassburg … 5 A. Kuhn op. cit.2 p. 51 ff., A. Rapp loc. cit., J. Dechelette in the Rev. Arch. 1909 i. … p. 1999), but hails from Asia Minor (Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 381 n. 13 and p. 1532

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Evidence of the combination has been found here and there in … in Syros {Syra) shows a horse with a collar, a solar disk, and a … the numerous representations of a solar rider whose type is discussed by R. Dussaud in … Smith in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 1903 6—13 figs. 5—7).

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in the solar disk. A fine example is furnished by a silver-gilt … surface and its divergent lines suggests the on-coming sun in a … found in another tomb at Elis along with a whole series of phdlara … Indeed, they have it still. My brother-in-law Mr C. H. C. Visick, … in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1892—3 xiii. 257f. pi. 8), Eleutherai {id. ib. p. 255 pi. 9, 2), … 1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Jewellery p. 239 no. 2108 pi. 40, F. H. Marshall in the Journ.

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the scene as that of Phaethon in his father's chariot struck by the … represents the four points of the compass in motion. The four points seem to influence … '2 Panofka loc. cit. p. 305 f. cp. a vase from Apulia of like design and style then in the

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his chariot, in the Greek area at least2, is regularly connected with … modern Greeks. Parties go to picnic in plains and meadows, … are burnt5. I figure (pi. xxv) a wreath of the sort, which I obtained in … 1 First in //. 8. 438 ff. Zei)s 5e warrip "15-qOev etirpoxov apfxa /cat t7r7roi>s | OvXvp.irov … immediately in front of Xerxes himself (cp. Longin. de sublim. 3. 2 ret tov Aeovrivov Yopyiov … (Hdt. 7. 40, cp. 7. 55, 8. 115). When Kyros the elder went in procession from his … altar; and lastly Kyros himself in his chariot (Xen. Cyr. 8. 3. 11 ff.). In the time of … 4 A copper coin of Alexandreia struck by Trajan has for reverse type Zeus Amnion in … his chariot, in the Greek area at least2, is regularly connected with … modern Greeks. Parties go to picnic in plains and meadows, … are burnt5. I figure (pi. xxv) a wreath of the sort, which I obtained in … 1 First in //. 8. 438 ff. Zei)s 5e warrip "15-qOev etirpoxov apfxa /cat t7r7roi>s | OvXvp.irov … immediately in front of Xerxes himself (cp. Longin. de sublim. 3. 2 ret tov Aeovrivov Yopyiov … (Hdt. 7. 40, cp. 7. 55, 8. 115). When Kyros the elder went in procession from his … altar; and lastly Kyros himself in his chariot (Xen. Cyr. 8. 3. 11 ff.). In the time of … 4 A copper coin of Alexandreia struck by Trajan has for reverse type Zeus Amnion in

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seen that Saint John's bonfire was in all probability a sun-charm1. … Here in Cambridge the children are out early on the first of May … in use are a single hoop of flowers or coloured tags with crossed … garland once stood for the sun3, the doll in the flowery hoop being … 5 Boetticher Baumkultus pp. 393—-397, S. Reinach in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant.

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In Egypt the sky-god Horos was early confused with the … to be regarded as the symbol of Ra6, or in other words was trans- … winged solar disk10. Now Aischylos in his Suppliants, a play … 4 G. Benedite in the Mon. Piot. 1909 xvii. 5 ff. … 7 So in the Veda the eagle is connected primarily with Indra the thunder-god (A. A. … la division de Vannee p. 49 f., A. Wiedemann ' Die Phonixsage im alten Agypten ' in the … In Egypt the sky-god Horos was early confused with the … to be regarded as the symbol of Ra6, or in other words was trans- … winged solar disk10. Now Aischylos in his Suppliants, a play … 4 G. Benedite in the Mon. Piot. 1909 xvii. 5 ff. … 7 So in the Veda the eagle is connected primarily with Indra the thunder-god (A. A. … la division de Vannee p. 49 f., A. Wiedemann ' Die Phonixsage im alten Agypten ' in the

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The Danai'des do so in the words— … deliberate Egyptism on Aischylos' part, and must not in itself be … belief in a solar hawk10. Ovid tells how Daidalion, grieving for the … parallels occur in various versions of the Daidalos-myth. Accord-

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partridge lay the old conception of the solar bird. Again, in … thos, in which B. Schmidt recognised certain traits of the Ikaros- … enemy then took him prisoner, bound him, shut him up in a fortress, and gave … last to be flung in, he fell on the top of his companions and escaped death. … in der Sonnennahe verschwindende Orion' (Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 946) or perhaps, like … n. 2 cp. a tale from Syra in J. G. von Hahn Griechische und aldanesische Mdrchen Leipzig

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marry him. Now the sea in which the dolphin lived was of such a sort that no … the daughter of Pterelaos, in love with the hostile chief, plucked or … with the point Skyllaion near Hermione7. This recurrence of a … 2 Apollod. 2. 4. 7, Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 932, Dion Chrys. or. 64 p. 341 Reiske, Ov. … 4 O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 3266 conjectures that Pterelaos was changed

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cliff. Wings of all sorts and birds were attached to him in order … Strab. 452, cp. id. 461, Eustath. in Od. p. 1964, 52. This Ikarios is called Ikaros by … Serv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 279, Turpilius (Com. Rom. frag. p. ii3ff. Ribbeck) ap. Serv. loc. … (Serv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 279). … Danubier in Griechenland Gottingen 1909 p. 43. Fick ascribes this cult of the sun-bird

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346 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … i. The Ram and the Sun in Egypt. Zeus Ammon. … Another animal that came to be associated with the sun in … has a quiver and holds a bow in his lowered left hand, a torch in his extended right … 1 Lanzone Dizion. di Mitol. Egiz. p. 956 ff. pi. 336 f., W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. … A coin of the Hypselite nome, struck under Hadrian, shows Isis holding in her hand a … 5 Id. id. ii. 58 ff., Drexler loc. cit. i. 1848 ff. and ii. 1252, R. Pietschmann in Pauly— … ydp (pyaL p.edepp:r]vev6p,evov elvai Tdv"0<ripiv (Hermaios in Frag. hist. Gr. iv. 427 Muller). … 346 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … i. The Ram and the Sun in Egypt. Zeus Ammon. … Another animal that came to be associated with the sun in … has a quiver and holds a bow in his lowered left hand, a torch in his extended right … 1 Lanzone Dizion. di Mitol. Egiz. p. 956 ff. pi. 336 f., W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. … A coin of the Hypselite nome, struck under Hadrian, shows Isis holding in her hand a … 5 Id. id. ii. 58 ff., Drexler loc. cit. i. 1848 ff. and ii. 1252, R. Pietschmann in Pauly— … ydp (pyaL p.edepp:r]vev6p,evov elvai Tdv"0<ripiv (Hermaios in Frag. hist. Gr. iv. 427 Muller).

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are reminded by the 'ammonites' of our geologists. In the time … explain that this custom of theirs arose in the following way. Herakles was … 2 Lanzone Dizion. di Mitol. Egiz. p. 29 ff. pi. i8ff., E. Meyer in Roscher Lex. Myth. … 5 K. Sethe in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iii. 2350. Cp. Euseb. praep. ev. 3. 12. 1 … 6 R. Pietschmann in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 1855, A. Wiedemann op. cit.

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348 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … both languages. In my opinion, the Ammonians took their name too from the … beat themselves in mourning for the ram and then bury it in a sacred … Amen-Ra in the Oasis of El-Charge even identifies that god with … when Lucian in the second century of our era makes Momos, the … On the connexion between Amnion and Herakles see Arrian. 3. 3. r, Eustath. in … references I am indebted to Roeder in Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 571. … 6 H. Brugsch Reise nach der grossen Oase El Khargeh in der Libyschen Wiiste

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Passava, the ancient Las, near Gythion shows … Poseidon Gaiadchos1'. Ammon was here in … 3 B. Schroder in the Ath. Mitth. 1904 xxix. 21—24 fig. 1. Height "57 in. The … 7 S. Wide in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 961 ff. and O. Hofer ib. 964 ff. Hesych. s.vv. nap-... … no. 1446) was worshipped before the return of the Herakleidai, having a shrine in the

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352 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … ' From the earliest times the oracle in Libye is known to have been consulted … Aphytaeans are not a whit behind the Ammonian Libyans in their respect for … oracle of Ammon in the Oasis, hoping to obtain its support for … acquittal the Libyans withdrew, protesting that, when, in accord- … sent a hymn in honour of Amnion to the Ammonians in Libye. This hymn … 1 Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 1558 n. 5, citing J. Zingerle in the Ath. Mitth. 1896

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as O. Gruppe supposes2, a belief that Thebes in Boiotia was con- … allegiance of Europe, Asia, and Africa. No other god united in … In the last paragraph I described Zeus Ammon as at once … This appears in pinmis from the fact that, whereas Greek … 3 See the list of cult-centres in G. Parthey ' Das Orakel und die Oase des Ammon ' in … quarry near Syene) I. o. m. Hammoni Chnubidi, | Iunoni Reginae, quor. sub | tutela hie

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354 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … the Stone Pillars4/ In any case the name not unnaturally modi- … are the central ornament of a silver band, probably once a priestly … an inscription from Mauretania Caesariensis, in which Tanit, there … Religionsgeschichte Berlin 1888 p. 27 f., Wolf—Baudissin in J. J. Herzog Realencyklopddie … 4 So P. Berger in the Gaz. Arch. 1879 v- 14°? E. Meyer in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. … 5 P. Berger ' La Trinite Carthaginoise' in the Gaz. Arch. 1879 v- I33ff-» 222 1880 … 9 E. Meyer in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 291 and 2871.

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Thunderer...Iuppiter Hammon1.' Ba'al-hamman was in fact com- … shoulders, proceeding mechanically in … chant in accordance with traditional … work of Kallisthenes, Aristotle's kinsman, who himself took part in … nearly resembling an omphalos. Meltzer would see in it the … 4 H. Meltzer ' Der Fetisch im Heiligtum des Zeus Ammon' in Philologus 1904 Ixiii.

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356 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … Cypriote Aphrodite was likewise ' worshipped in the form of an … Zeus Amnion, it will—in view of the rarity of such objects— … of Babylon once sent to Egypt as a gift an emerald four cubits in length and … obelisks5 of the sort were to be seen there in

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Amen-Ra in the tomb of Seti i was himself coloured green1, it … In the second place, the method of divination practised at the … Zeus-like Apollon7 indicated the divine will in the selfsame manner. … Plin. nat. hist. 37. 74 et fuisse apud eos in Iovis delubro obeliscum e quattuor smaragdis … are extant (Furtwangler op. cit. iii. 388, W. Drexler in Roscher … Zeus {id. id. p. 111 no. 2356, T. Panofka in the Abh. d. berl.

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358 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … Egyptians believed that the sun-god, after travelling all day in his … dedicated in the temple of Amen-Ra at Thebes a boat of cedar … Amman was said to have transformed himself into a snake in … There are but few certain traces of the solar barque in Greek literature or art. The … krater from Basilicata, now in the Louvre, shows Helios and Selene in a four-horse … Classe p. 383 ff.), Welcker Alt. Denkm. iii. 67—71 pi. 10, r, A. M. Migliarini in the Ann. … l'oasis de Jupiter Ammon' in the Comptes rendus de PA cad. des inscr. et belles-lettres 1906 … shield in the immediate context (see Stephanus Thes. Gr. ling. v. 2002 c—d).

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four inlaid eyes and ending in a bearded snake's-head. The … B.C. and probably in the Oasis of Siwah coalesced into the sun-god … 6 Cp. the cult of ZeiV'HXios Scuttj/j (g. Plaumann Ptolemais in Oberdgypten (Leipz. … 7 On the controversy, to which this hypothesis gave rise, see H. Meltzer in Philologus

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362 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … Greece and on the wide popularity that in course of time he … rites at Athens in 333 B.C.6? In view of these circumstances it is … in the reign of Merenptah c. 1250 B.C. Egypt was invaded by … 1 In Souid. s.v." Afxfxwv ovofxa 8eov"K\\f]VLKov Kiister would read Aij3vKov (cp. Dionys. … 2 G. Parthey ' Das Orakel und die Oase des Amnion' in the Abh. d. berl. Akad. 1862

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have planted in the Oasis a cult of their sky-god Zeus, who at … 'The oracular usage of Thebes in Egypt and the oracular usage of Dodona … 2 W. M. Flinders Petrie in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1890 xi. 271—277. The sherds of

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364 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … them of the evidence on which this definite statement was based, they said in … at Dodona. Two black doves started to fly from Thebes in Egypt. One came … occurs in later writers. Thus Silius Italicus in the first century of … To settle in mid Thebes. Whereof the one

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He makes the doves start from Thebes in Greece, not from Thebes … and modern mention several species of oak as growing in north … shores of the Syrtis6; and various writers attest the existence in … 2 Interp. Serv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 466 Iuppiter quondam Hebae {leg. Thebae) filiae

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366 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … If Zeus had an oak-cult of immemorial antiquity in the … Amnion9, declares that in the beginning men sprang from Mother … 3 This important piece of evidence was clearly pointed out by E. H. Toelken in his … 5 Ap. Rhod. 4. 1483 ff. with schol. adloc, Eustath. in Dionys. per. 209, Hyg.y^. 14 … to Schneidewin's cj. 'IdpfiavTa. But T. Zielinski in the Archiv f. Rel. 1906 ix. 42 n. 1

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After naming in true Pindaric fashion various possible claimants … May we not venture to see in these lines another confirmation of … But, as we have already seen, the sister oracle in the Oasis was … in the Oasis nowadays5. … recently begun to feed his flock in that district. Shepherds go by the name of … Kallisthenes ap. Plout. v. Alex. 27, Strab. 814; Diod. 17. 49, Curt. 4. 7. 15, Eustath. in … vTTOfj.ovrjs (iinfMovTjs cod. Barnes.) top [x&vtlv irpoayet. stands in need of emendation.

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368 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … win the credit of having invented something himself. In return for thispresent … in it, but kindles such as are put out and brought near to it. It always fails at … but that as the day declines it gains in warmth becoming tepid at … 2 Paus. 4. 23. 10. So in Byzantine times Eudok. viol. 75, Eustath. in Dionys. … in the text do not suffice to prove it. … Aug. de civ. Dei 21. 5, Eustath. in Dionys. per. 211. Cp. Serv. in Verg. Aen. 4. 196

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In short, it appears that the whole apparatus of the oracle at … nexion between his cult and water comes out clearly in Diodoros' … temple of Ammon shaded by many large trees. Near this temple is a fountain, … The same association of the desert-god with water occurs in a … /cat dvavevaewv = Eustath. in Dionys. per. 211. See also Hdt. 2. 58 cited supra p. 363. … a spring at Teuthrone in Lakonike (Paus. 3. 25. 4). Other cognates are vdeo, vdfxa, … p. 401, 6 fT. Eyssenhardt, Amp. 2, Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 3. 476, Serv. in Verg. Aen.

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370 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … rather than Dione5^ I would point to the fact that in the Libyan … 1 The ram was presumably Zeus himself in animal form. Another late aetiological … with Hera at Thebes in Egypt see supra p. 348 n. 1. … head has no stephdne and is rather Dionysiac in character (Overbeck op. cit. Zeus p. 301

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point is that the cult of Zeus in the Oasis was, as Herodotos … from a specimen in the McClean collection, fig. 282 from another in the Leake collection, … All these heads have in front a curious set of upstanding curls (?), perhaps derived

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372 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … was worshipped as Zeus in Arkadia7 and bears a name which … illustrated (fig. 286) is in the British Museum and shows a ram's ear as well as a ram's … 7 Interp. Serv. in Verg. georg. 1. 14 huic opinioni Pindarus [frag. 251 {Poet. lyr. Gr. … /cat' Air6X\wva Trpocrrjyopevov. F. Hiller von Gaertringen in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc.

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L. Muller in his great work on the coinage of north Africa was … tomb-painting, which shows Aristaios with a ram on his back, a pedum in his hand, … 5 K. Wernicke in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 55 f. … 11 L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pit. 1862 p. 76 ff.

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374 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … Libyan Triton8. Exceptional is a double bust in the Vatican, … probably a portrait in the guise of Ammon11. Another isolated … E. Braun in Ann. d. Inst. 1848 xx. 186 ff. pi. I, Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Zeus p. 285 f. … 5 Mon. d. Inst., Ann. d. Inst., Overbeck locc. citt. In Antichila di Ercolano, Roux— … 7 So e.g. J. de Witte in Ann. d. Inst. 1858 xxx. 82, L. Stephani loc. cit. p. 78.

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bay-branch in his left hand. Fie is conversing with a matronly … in the background, by the incense-burner visible between the … (Stephani Vasensamml. St. Petersburg \\. 28 f. no. n 19, though F. Wieseler in the … second woman leaning on a pillar, which is yellow in part. She wears a chiton, a small

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376 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … In view of the foregoing evidence it would, I think, be unsafe … The last glimpse that we get of the Ammoneion in classical

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in Arabic geographers1. The Arabs obtained possession of Egypt … released him by blowing in his face2. Another king Ssa, son of … losses3. In 943—944 A.D. the king of the Oases was Abdelmelik … Nubiensis, says that in his day (s. xii) the small Oases had no in- … (Santariah) in the form of a square of white stone. In each wall there was … the dome on every side figures were suspended, which whistled and spoke in … in F. C. Hornemann Voyages dans Piritirieur de FAfrique Paris 1802 Appendice no. 2,

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378 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … equality with their betters." This rule was an education in itself. The wife … Emir saw in the country of the Oases an orange-tree, which every … then in Egypt, joined a large company of pilgrims returning from … 4 Langles op. cit. ii. 354, Parthey op. cit. p. 173. Wansleben, who visited Egypt in … Kdnigreichs Fessan in Afrika in den Jahren 1797 und 1798, aus der deutschen Handschrift … 7 Parthey op. cit. p. 177. Boutin took with him a portable boat, in which to navigate

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their best to rob and murder the explorer—a fate that ultimately overtook him in the … 2 H. von Minutoli Reise zum Tempel des Jupiter Amnion in der libyschen Wiiste und … 4 Bayle St. John Adventures in the Libyan Desert and the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon … 7 L. Robecchi-Bricchetti (1886) ' Notizie sull' oasi di Siuwah' in the Archivio per … H. Burchardt (1893) 'Uber den Besuch der Oase Siwah im Februar d. J.' in the … C. von Griinau (1898) ' Bericht, uber meine Reise nach Siwah' in the Zeitschrift der … der Oase Siwe und nach Nubien unternommenen Reisen' in the Ber. sdchs. Gesellsch. d.

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380 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … of an arm of the sea4. Similarly Eratosthenes in his Geography … it was an accessible coast-towm6! In point of fact the Oasis is … 1 G. Rohlfs Drei Monate in der libyschen Wiiste p. 185 gives the position as deter-

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white salt: it was dug up in large crystals, packed in palm-baskets, … tained from a running ditch near Siwah a number of small fish, … Gr. ii. 92 Muller) ap. Athen. 67 A—B, Eustath. in Od. p. 1500, 2. On sal Hammoniacus … 3 G. Rohlfs Drei Monate in der libyschen Wiiste p. 187 n. 1.

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382 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … children bathing in it. I may add that … 'J^^^^-^^^l^^ * Oasis at least in this modified and un-

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(1792) saw five of its roofing stones yet in position and one on … rounded by a wall, of which the great corner-stones were in situ. … uncertain. In the middle of the precinct rose a mass of limestone … extant portion of the pronaos-wa\l was not quite 9^ ft in length,

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384 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … earthquake in 18085. The whole temple was covered, inside and … Near the main entry was a ruined vault, which, Minutoli thought, … 5 Cailliaud dates the earthquake in 1811.

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G. Rohlfs1 in 1869 found nothing of the precinct-wall left save … were 14 and 10 ft long respectively, and were roofed in by three

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386 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … above them were symbolic designs, between which in many places … sacrificial scenes in which the ruler of the Oasis also took part. … the ritual text are reliefs in three registers. The highest tier shows … 1 G. Rohlfs id.2 ii. 105 f. R. Pietschmann in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 1858

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solar disk and uraeus on his head. In his right hand he holds … notes that Un-Amon appears to have built this temple in the reign … in one of which lives the sheikh, the richest man of the whole Oasis. … plete. He also found near by an ancient well some 50 ft deep. A … 5 This identification was first made by the French consul-general Drovetty in 1820.

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388 The Ram and the Sun in Egypt … This measures 24 ft long by 18 ft broad and is 18 ft in height. In

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light-skinned Libyans mentioned above, has an ostrich-plume in

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3go The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia … this remote spot was brought back in triumph to the Berlin … to the Roman imperial age, yet in most cases they imply an older … 3 Eisele in Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 242 ff.

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The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia 391 … a few bronze statuettes, which portray him in similar attitudes … 2 E.g. ib. p. 377 no. 3216 AICABAZI CO on a specimen from Asia Minor. … 4 Eisele loc. cit. p. 248 (especially the bronze from Amiens published in the Rev.

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3 9 2 The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia … animals figure in his myth, which has come down to us with … attributes etc., including the thunderbolt and eagle of Zeus. All these are placed in a … irpoy]^epilov /cat KLTTO<f>bpos (KiaTO(p6pos, a variant in Harpokr. s.v. KiTTo<pbpos and in schol.

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The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia 393 … inquiuntj cum in Cererem {inicere codd. : inire Scaliger) suam matrem libidinibus … animum atque audaciam celans in securam et nesciam repentina immittitur vi furens, agit … tamquam ipse sententia condemnasset se sua, in gremium proiicit et facit [tacit codd.) … coniugatione misceri, in draconis terribilem formam migrat, ingentibus spiris pavefactam … Sebadiis nomen est, testimonio esse poterunt veritati, in quibus aureus coluber in sinum … et arietis proles pro poena atque ultione suscepit. hoc iterum video communibus in

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394 The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia … In this crude, not to say repulsive, tale we have beyond a doubt … E.g. the deposition of the genitalia in the 'chambers' of Rhea Lobrine (schol. Nik. … Cambridge 1910 p. 219. Apparently the relics were buried in the ground and stelai,

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The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia 395 … parallel from the legend of Ahalya in the Rdmdyanam : ' It is said in this passage that … and not on rams, in funeral oblations.' Indras is himself called a ram in a Vedic hymn … 6pyid£wo~l tQ 6e<£, Eustath. in Od. p. 1431, 45 f. r\ 'Pea. fj (pao-iv 6 tcaTexop^evos fj /cat

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396 The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia … out1, the culminating rite of Sabdzios was a sacred marriage in … bride of the god. We have, then, in this difficult and complex … this I should prefer—we must assume that in course of time, … been a ram-god. But in later times it was the snake not the ram … considered verdict of Dr Farnell, who insists that in Demeter and … analogen Brauchen gerade auch in jener spaten Zeit die Gnostiker deutlich aussprechen.

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The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia 397 … 4 Dr F. B. Jevons in his able book An Introduction to the History of Religion London … argued ib. p. 239 that rites appropriate to Kore were celebrated in the spring, rites … before their breathing images were wrought in bronze and marble by the master hands of … in classical times they continued annually to fashion their Corn-mothers (Demeters) and … to a human figure in a cloak, with arms outstretched____In some of them the neck is

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398 The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia … and the earth-mother was from the first a sharer in their cult is a … to him Phersephone, a horned child with four eyes, two in their … Nonnos in Orphic vein describes him as a horned infant, who … a lion, a horse, a horned snake, a tiger, and a bull; in which final … menagerie was simultaneous, not successive, in the case of the Orphic Phanes, who com-

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The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia 399 … not here concerned. But in passing we note one point of import- … assumption that both alike were rooted in the religion of the old … already found evidence in north-eastern Phrygia of a very primitive … 3 Farnell Cults of Gk States v. 185, Eisele in Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 261 f. … ui's." Similarly Arrian. frag. 30 {Frag. hist. Gr. iii. 592 Miiller) ap. Eustath. in II. … etc.: see F. Cumont in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 2180, H. Hepding Attis seine … In the Class. Rev. 1904 xviii. 79 I drew attention to these equations, and suggested

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400 The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia … inscription from Nikopolis in Moesia records a dedication to ' Zeus … Einleitung in die Geschichte der griechischen Sprache Gottingen 1896 p. 81 ' von *baga, … 2ct/bs benannt sein,' id. Hattiden und Danubier in Griechenland Gottingen 1909 p. 46 f. … 3 Eustath. in Dionys. per. 1069 rjcrav 5e /cat idvos QpatciKOv Hdfioi, oirep tovs Bdxxovs … 5 P. Perdrizet in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1896 xx. 101 holds that Sabdzios as a sun-god … 7 Macrob. Sat. 1. 18. 1 item in Thracia eundem haberi solem atque Liberum

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The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia 401 … Libyans were near akin to the Thraco-Phrygians, and that both … Arthur Evans in a clay sealing … eo universa patefiunt. Perhaps we may compare the story of Perdikkas in Hdt. 8. 137 f. … 5 The evidence is persuasively marshalled by Sir Arthur Evans in the Journ. Hell. … At Gortyna there appears to have been an annual festival (Ti(rvpoi), in which Zeus as

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4-02 The Ram and the Sun in Phrygia … mother of Zagreus. J. N. Svoronos would see in her Hygieia6. … maior qui gregem anteire consuevit: sicut etiam in comoediis invenitur. And Gruppe … 3 F. Lenormant in the Gaz. Arch. 1879 v. 24. … 8 The examples of a 'Minoan' snake-goddess are listed by H. Prinz in the Ath. Mitth.

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The Golden or Purple Ram in Italy 403 … latter type introduces Zeus with thunderbolt and eagle in place of … welcome in Magna Graecia. It was their old, though not their … descendants and becomes more flourishing in them8.' Hence … a specimen in my collection.

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404 The Golden or Purple Ram in Italy … But in the meadows of himself the ram … In the folk-tale of Cupid and Psyche the second task imposed … rest in her misfortunes by hurling herself from the cliff over the stream. But … madly and savagely, bringing death to mortals in their fury, with their sharp … in practice the instruction she had received through her hearing, and of which

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to the tree-stems near the big plane-tree will—I suspect—prove … lamb was born to him, he repented of his vow and kept the lamb shut up in a … in that way, and asserted in the hearing of the multitude that the man who had … compact, and the sun set in the east. Wherefore, inasmuch as heaven had … Or. 995 ff.) or Pan (Eur. El. 700 ff.); or was found in the flocks of Atreus through the … or was simply born in the flocks of Atreus (schol. Eur. Or. 812 Fl. 33. A, schol. //. 2. … it in a box (Apollod. epit. 2. 10 f., Apollonios ap. Tzetz. chil. 1. 436 ff.) ; another

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Safely it grazes in a place apart, … a silver bowl or cup enriched with a gold lamb in the centre of it3. … in his left hand and extending his right towards a king, whose … <j>i6\r), Eustath. in 77. p. 868, 49 f. <pid\Lov, ib. p. 1319, 47 f. iror-qpLov. For royal gold

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sceptre ends in a ram's head (fig. 302)1. This may be interpreted … to a very ancient stratum of Greek religion. And in view of the … in connexion with the family. Pausanias, when describing the … in the plural. At Olympia the annual magistrates used to slay a … (Od. 10. 516 ff., 11. 23 ff.) : Polygnotos in the Cnidian Ldsche at Delphi represented the … oracle of Kalchas on a hill called Drion in Daunia sacrificed to him a black ram and slept … de dea Syr. 55 on a similar practice at Hierapolis, and Hieron. comm. in Pes. 65 (xxiv. 657

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represented on a vase from Ruvo (fig. 303)\ Pelops in Phrygian … victory. A fine polychrome vase from S. Agata de' Goti, now in … Artemis. The goddess carries in either hand a bow and a phidle; … chlamys. In the upper register Myrtilos, wearing a wreath and … Poseidon and Athena, the remaining corner being filled in by a

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or statue in the central position to be that of Zeus2; and this agrees … In the myth of Atreus possession of the golden lamb and … In Homeric times the Sun-god was looked upon as the owner … Eur. frag. 861 Nauck2 ap. Achill. Stat. isag. in Arat. phaen. 123 E, Polyb. ap. Strab.

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shepherding the sheep with a silver staff in her hand, while Lam- … the 350 (= 7 x 50) sheep in like manner denote the corresponding … observe that, even in historical times, actual flocks and herds were … Lastly, at Apollonia in Illyria the Sun-god had flocks about … 3 Aristot. frag. 167 Rose ap. schol. Od. 12. 129, Eustath. in Od. p. 1717, 32 ff. So … Helios as a parallel to that of Herakles with the cattle of Geryoneus see C. Robert in … 12 Hdt. 9. 93 f. and ap. Eustath. in Od. p. 1717, 45 f. Konon the mythographer, who

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lonia and enters the sea near the harbour of Orikos. But by night they are … in depriving of his eyesight Euenios, the guardian of the sacred sheep, for that … citizens, who acted in the following way. When Euenios was sitting on his … thought to possess the two finest plots in Apollonia—and in addition a house, … in accordance with oracles that they have received." At this he was much put … that time onwards he had prophetic powers implanted in him, so that his fame

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412 The Golden Lamb in Epeiros … similar custom in the heroic age. The luck of the Pelopidai … merry life, year in year out, squandering and scattering their father's treasures … daughter in it, and sent heralds throughout the world to announce that, who- … came to essay the adventure. But all their efforts were in vain : they could not … a herdsman and begged him to hide him in a sheep-skin with a golden fleece

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The Golden Lamb in Epeiros 413 … seeing that he was so handsome, fell in love with him and asked : "Why did … king; I will either find her or lose my head." So saying, he went in front of … so, and the door opened. They went in, and the king bit his moustache for … a wife, and he lived with her in grandeur and in happiness.' … Cambridge 1910 p. 98. The same word Tdprapa survives in Rhodes as a name for

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instructive to summarise the two in parallel columns :— … daughter Danae shut up in an up in an underground chamber of … visited her in a shower of gold, and man visited her in the fleece of a … in a chest, and flung them into the … the latter. In particular, the whole episode of Danae and Perseus … myth in question has come down to us through a large number … 2 '0 Micros adpcoTTos, ' The Half-man': text in J. Pio NEOEAAHNIKA IIAPAMT0IA … 3 The evidence, literary and monumental, is put together by J. Escher-Biirkli in

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accessible in its entirety is that of Sophokles, who told the tale … of their danger. They fled with the ram. Helle, in crossing the … golden-fleeced, to Ares or to Hermes. Phrixos settled in these … name Top-y&Tris (Hippias frag. 12 (Frag. hist. Gr. ii. 62 Muller)) see E. Wilisch in Roscher … 4 Apollod. 1. 9. 1 f. An almost identical account is given by Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 22,

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gave its skin to Aietes: he nailed it round an oak-tree in a grove of Ares. … by wild beasts. So he travelled through much country, till he fell in with … centres of Zeus Laphystios, one at Halos in Thessaly1, the other … cult-centre brought into connexion with the same myth was in the … is offered in sacrifice5. Tacitus adds that the neighbouring tribes

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appears and carries him in safety through the air to a land in the … carried off the intended victim in a cloud to be her own priestess … phystios. This accounts for the belief, current in the vicinity of … Zeus,' and adds that the hero ' fastened the skin in the temple10,' … told by Apollonios that Aietes would not have received Phrixos in … 4 Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 183, cp. schol. Aristoph. Lys. 645. … 9 Apollod. 1. 9. 1, Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 22, Ap. Rhod. 2. 1150 with schol., 4. 119, … 10 Hyg. poet. astr. 2. 20. 11 Tiirk in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 2462. … an oak in the grove of Ares (Apollod. 1.9. 1, Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 22, Val. Flacc. 5. 228 ff.,

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the ram itself? In ancient times this question called forth an … and seek to understand it in comparison with other analogous … consorted with her in animal form (Hyg. fab. 188) : he also rescued and had intercourse … 1 Dionysios of Mytilene, an Alexandrine grammarian of the second century B.C., in … was captured by the Kolchoi, Krios was sacrificed to the gods, and his skin, in … choice samples may be found in Eudok. viol. 262 : the golden fleece was a treatise on … 2 Strab. 499, cited by Eustath. in Dionys. per. 689. My friend and colleague Prof.

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and rescued by the miraculous ram1. In fact, the golden, or sub- … disposed to see in the golden ram of Athamas, as in the golden lamb … Zeus in animal form. … experiment in rejuvenation10. … auream, in qua Iuppiter in caelum ascendit. … the army of Liber, when perishing of thirst in Africa, to the spring of Iupiter Mammon. … 10 Supra p. 245. In Folk-Lore 1905 xvi. 325 n. 1 I have compared this incident with

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for further evidence of him as a ram-god in the actual rites of the … careful to select only those that were in the prime of life. They … suggest that those who took part in the procession were originally … Ganneau Recneil archeologie orientale Paris 1898 ii. 74 f., 1901 iv. 250 sees in this … used to support the conclusions of Mr F. M. Cornford, who detects in the Pelops-myth … wears a black sheep-skin mask. Mr Wace (ib. p. 251) holds that this character 'is in all … 3 Gilbert Gr. Golterl. p. 148 thinks that the fleeces were worn on the mountain in … a fleece in the modified rain-charm (?) of Judges 6. 36—40. But Gilbert's whole ex-

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right in holding further that the golden ram came to symbolise the … of Zeus Akraios from ceremonies observed in Attike on Mouni- … shining in the morning5, moon-set being, so to speak, caught up by … 5 Souid. s.vv. ap.cj)LcpG)VTes, <xvolo~t<itoi, Pausanias ap. Eustath. in II. p. 1165, 12. … dides in the Ann. Brit. Sch. Ath. 1905—1906 xii. 20 ff. fig. 6 describes and illustrates the

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before the goddess and in that capacity wore saffron robes1. For … Men clad in new fleeces honour Zeus Girls clad in saffron robes honour … It seems possible that in both cases the colour of the ritual-garb … in various purificatory rites. Individuals, who wished to be puri- … 6 So P. Stengel in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. v. 1084 (relying on Eustath. in Od.

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skin, though used in a variety of ceremonies, was in every case the … to us in Greek vase-paintings and Roman reliefs. A red-figured … nothing whatever to do with Zeus, but are rather to be referred to the root that appears in … Zeus' {supra p. 3 n. 3). I would explain in the same way the Ata of Teos (Michel … 4 Cic. top. 64, Serv. in Verg. eel. 4. 4.3, georg. 3. 387. … 7 F. Lenormant in the Contemporary Review 1880 ii. 137.

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for libations in the Eleusinian ritual1); before him are two others … his right knee and seems about to catch a mouse in the presence … 1 C. Michel in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. iv. 509^ fig. 5708.

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mysteries as a pair of pendant panels4. In one we have the assem- … O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 231 and especially Eisele ib. iv. 263 f.): hence … (Isa. 66. 17) was a heathen practice introduced into Jewish worship, in the days of … 5 F. Hauser in the Rom. Mitth. 1910 xxv. 288 n. 1 cp. h. Dem. 195 f. irp'iv y ore §17 … 8 I figure the example in the Louvre no. 4154 after G. P. Campana Antiche opere in

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He sits on a stone seat spread with a skin, which in the most … foot-stool3. The hero holds a torch in his left hand. Above his … Demeter-Kora pp. 510, 564, 579 Atlas pi. 16, 10 and F. Lenormant in Daremberg—Saglio … 4 Here again the best specimen in terra-cotta, that of the Museo delle Terme no. 4357 … of a sarcophagus-front, which was published in reverse by G. Winckelmann Monumenti … pi. 4—-5, 2 (see Von Rohden—Winnefeld op. cit. iv. 1. 8 n. 1 bis, G. E. Rizzo in the

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Greek marble found in 1878 near the Porta Maggiore at Rome and … Rom. Mitth. 1910 xxv. 103 ff. figs. 5 f., and J. N. Svoronos in the 'E0. 'Ap%. 1911 p. 44 … 7 J. N. Svoronos in the 'E(f>. 'Ap%. tgn pp. 39—-52.

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soil. Sir Arthur Evans in his remarkable account of a pillar-shrine … keep sheepskins here, and the worshippers wrap themselves in these … in the cults of Zeus Meilichios, Zeus Ktesios, etc. fit on to and … was replaced in Naxos by Dionysos Meilichios"'. … of Athens, are cases in point. Secondly, it would seem that in the … conviv. 1. 1. 3, non posse suav. vivi sec. Epic. 22, Eustath. in Od. p. 1964, 18 f.,

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and to beget a son in his own likeness—a god commonly known … 2 Zeus was already identified with Amen-Ra in the sixth century B.C. {supra p. 350f.). … skin was used in a love charm (Plin. nat. hist. 30. 141); ram's wool, as an aid in … wide-spread use of the ram as a decoration of tombs in general (Frazer Pausanias iii. 187). … E. Gerhard 'Widdergottheiten' in the Arch. Zeit. 1850 viii. 149—160 pi. 15, 1—7, … Conclusive is the fact that the phallos itself is sometimes made to terminate in a ram's … no. 562, W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 1257).

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432 The Bull and the Sun in Egypt … in his tail8. Various marks brought him into connexion with the … states that in the reign of this Bokchoris a monstrous lamb with two heads, four horns, … 2 Drawn from a bronze statuette in the possession of Mr F. W. Green. Total height … 9 Macrob. Sat. 1. 21. 20 bos Apis in civitate Memphi solis instar excipitur is a partial … 11 Porphyrios ap. Eus. praep. ev. 3. 13. 2, Kyrillos in Oseam 5. 8f.

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The Bull and the Sun in Egypt 433 … upon the lucky man in whose herd he had been born. Sacred … and prophets, in a barge yearly adorned for this purpose, to … tained in the lap of luxury9. His stall had a window in it, through … latter had a dromos or ' approach,' in which stood a colossus made … in Hdt. 2. 153.

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434 The Bull and the Sun in Egypt … same day2. During one week in the year Apis' birthday was cele- … his allotted span, the priests drowned him in their sacred spring, … 5 Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 3. 478 motu corporis sui, cp. Claud, de quart, cons. Hon. … 11 Plout. de Is. et Os. 56. See, however, R. Pietschmann in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. … Le Se'rapeum de Memphis Paris 1857 rev. by G. Maspero 1882 or the brief accounts in

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The Bull and the Sun in Egypt 435 … Osiris his soul passed into Apis and was re-incarnated in the … 9 Tertull. ad nat. 2. 8. 10 C. Soherer in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1803 f. … 13 E. Meyer and W. H. Roscher in Lex. Myth. i. 420: ' Daher hat auch Apis (wie

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At Momemphis, in the Delta, there was a cult of Aphrodite … Many other Egyptian towns, both in the Delta and outside it, kept … Orphic and Bacchic rites were in reality Egyptian and Pytha- … 1 Lanzone Dizion. di Mitol. Egiz. p. 201 f. pi. 70, 4, cp. K. Sethe in Pauly—Wissowa … 5 R. Pietschmann in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 2793. … in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1909 xxix. 87 f. and the more hazardous speculations of Miss … At Momemphis, in the Delta, there was a cult of Aphrodite … Many other Egyptian towns, both in the Delta and outside it, kept … Orphic and Bacchic rites were in reality Egyptian and Pytha- … 1 Lanzone Dizion. di Mitol. Egiz. p. 201 f. pi. 70, 4, cp. K. Sethe in Pauly—Wissowa … 5 R. Pietschmann in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 2793. … in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1909 xxix. 87 f. and the more hazardous speculations of Miss

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the obscure and presumably non-Greek1 name Bdkchos was in fact … The story is summarised by Aischylos in the earliest of his extant … Choms. 'Tis said that in this Arg'ive land erewhile … Is't said that Zeus to mortal maid came near? … 9 See J. Escher-Burkli in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. v. 2708 f. … (b.C.M. i.), aivb yap rrjs rod Atos eTrcuprjs irpbs 'Itb' J^iracpos eyiveTO (Gu.), Tzetz. in Lyk. Al.

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King. What other child of hers hast thou in mind ? … King. In truth ye seem to me to be of kin … of Aischylos and is well expressed in the rapid exchange of his … mainly interested in recovering the original form of the story.

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doros1, who in his great 'Library' of Greek myths has preserved, … guardian. Argos bound the cow to the olive-tree4 that was in the … 4 Plin. nat. hist. 16. 239 Argis olea etiamnum durare dicitur, ad quam Io in tauram … Kunstmylh. Zeus p. 474, T. Panofka 'Argos Panoptes' in … 279 f.), a green jasper of which a replica in paste was in the … formed him into a peacock (schol. Aristoph. av. 102, anon, miscell. 6 in Myth. Graec. ed. … Boetticher Baumkultus fig. 35 and the peacocks kept in the temple of Hera at Samos

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significance of the bull and the cow in regard to each. … Gordon of Cairness in 1831 found there the tail of a peacock in white marble. Id. ib. ii. … 5 The evidence is cited by Rohde Psyche2 p. 15 n. 3 and more fully by O. Kern in … significance of the bull and the cow in regard to each. … Gordon of Cairness in 1831 found there the tail of a peacock in white marble. Id. ib. ii. … 5 The evidence is cited by Rohde Psyche2 p. 15 n. 3 and more fully by O. Kern in

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has recently come to light in Thasos3. A Laconian inscription … and the Syrian goddess8. The girls who, clad in saffron robes, … their god was originally worshipped. They are found occasionally in other cults too, … interpreted by R. Scholl Satura philologa in hon. H. Sauppii p. 177 and A. Dieterich … 3 T. Macridy ' Un hieron d'Artemis IIwXu> a Thasos' in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. … 6 See G. A. Gerhard in the Archivf. Rel. 1904 vii. 520—523.

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esseness, a title that properly denotes ' king bees4.' Aischylos in … Leipzig 1911 p. 138 ff., and in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 3062, who cites much additional … 2 Hdt. 2. 55—57, Strab. 7 frag. 1 p. 73 Kramer, Eustath. in Od. p. 1760, 43 f., … tions in the British Museum iii. 2. 85 Oxford 1890 nos. 447, 448, 451, 457, 467, 578 c.

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that the deity worshipped was originally believed to appear in … already in Homeric days come to be used as a complimentary … occupies the second half of the hexameter line, and is in fact a tag … minstrel from a distant past,'when it was used in the sense of … quoting from a commentary on Pindar written by Didymos, who lived in the second half … :i //. 18. 4o'AAt77 re j3ounris the Nereid. In the late Homeric hymn 31. 2 the mother … 4 I/. 3. 144 Klymene, 7. 10 Phylomedousa. On Polottls in the sense of 'large-eyed5 … that the deity worshipped was originally believed to appear in … already in Homeric days come to be used as a complimentary … occupies the second half of the hexameter line, and is in fact a tag … minstrel from a distant past,'when it was used in the sense of … quoting from a commentary on Pindar written by Didymos, who lived in the second half … :i //. 18. 4o'AAt77 re j3ounris the Nereid. In the late Homeric hymn 31. 2 the mother … 4 I/. 3. 144 Klymene, 7. 10 Phylomedousa. On Polottls in the sense of 'large-eyed5

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post with a pair of cow's horns attached near the top of it. Hera, … situated at the foot of a mountain (1744 ft in height), which in … on the summit10,' were two cult-titles of Hera in the Argolid, and … 2 W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 513 fF- 3 Supra p. 370 n. 1. … 7 Paus. 2. 17. 1. On Prosymna see further A. Frickenhaus in Tiryns i. 118—120.

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suggests that Euboia, 'She who is rich in oxen,' was a third. Nemea, … in the form of a cow, Hera boopisz; but more critical investigators … observed, shows markings indicative of a sacrificial fillet5. In … Falls, who never in her life … near Corinth, and also on the Bosporos, see G. Wentzel in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. … 6 Sen. Ag. 364 ff. In Kos a choice heifer was sacrificed to Hera 'Apyeia, 'EAet'a, … that the prizes were not bronze in the mass, but tripods, cauldrons, shields, and bowls. … when the Argives were arming; he offered a fresh weapon to each citizen, receiving in

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on, their mother had to be drawn in a car to the temple. But the … were put to sleep in the temple itself and never woke again. The … Herodotos' account is supplemented in some points by that of … story of Harpalyke). The festival is called 'E/caTOyUjSaia in the Corp. inscr. Gr. i no. 1715, … 5 Anth. Pal. 3. 18. 2 with arg., Souid. s.v. Kpoiaos, Philarg. in Verg. georg. 3. 532 … (51), Eudok. viol. 435c, Souid. s.v. Kpolcros, Cic. Tusc. 1. 113, Serv. and Philarg. in … on, their mother had to be drawn in a car to the temple. But the … were put to sleep in the temple itself and never woke again. The … Herodotos' account is supplemented in some points by that of … story of Harpalyke). The festival is called 'E/caTOyUjSaia in the Corp. inscr. Gr. i no. 1715, … 5 Anth. Pal. 3. 18. 2 with arg., Souid. s.v. Kpoiaos, Philarg. in Verg. georg. 3. 532 … (51), Eudok. viol. 435c, Souid. s.v. Kpolcros, Cic. Tusc. 1. 113, Serv. and Philarg. in

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mother8 before going to sleep. In another version they bring the … A second tale of Biton's prowess was told in verse by Lykeas, … a stone relief of Kleobis and Biton in the act of drawing their … 3 Hyg. fab. 254. Cp. Tert. ad nat. 2. 9 ne in sacris piaculum committeret.

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also at Berlin (fig. 316)2, differs from it in several points. The … carved on a sarcophagus in the library of S. Marco at Venice … human and animal figures. In the centre stands the temple with … 5 H. Dlitschke ' Kleobis und Biton ' in the Arch.-ep. Mitth. 1883 vii. 15.3—167 pi. 2.

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mother in heaven1. … first feasted, not to say fattened, in a temple, afterwards put to … with wrought stones to be a minstrels' theme for ever7. Taken in … enough, placed themselves in the Yoke, and drew their Mother.' … in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 720). … mother in heaven1. … first feasted, not to say fattened, in a temple, afterwards put to … with wrought stones to be a minstrels' theme for ever7. Taken in … enough, placed themselves in the Yoke, and drew their Mother.' … in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 720).

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is rich in oxen5/ her sacred herd at Nemea6, her numerous votive … support for my conjecture12 that in Io, the priestess changed by the … Confirmation of this view may be sought in the myth of the … logographer of Argos in Boiotia, who lived in the second half of … of the priestess? The schol. Bernens. in Verg. georg. 3. 532, who drew from the stores … 14 A. Rapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 3001 ff. … is rich in oxen5/ her sacred herd at Nemea6, her numerous votive … support for my conjecture12 that in Io, the priestess changed by the … Confirmation of this view may be sought in the myth of the … logographer of Argos in Boiotia, who lived in the second half of … of the priestess? The schol. Bernens. in Verg. georg. 3. 532, who drew from the stores … 14 A. Rapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 3001 ff.

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on mythology resembling that of Akousilaos but ampler in scope2, … He received in marriag'e Iphianassa, obtaining her as the reward0 of his cure.' … entered her temple in a solemn service and preferred themselves to … 8 Serv. in Verg. eel. 6. 48, Myth. Vat. 1. 85.

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the Argive Hera being called 'cows.' In 1894 I ventured on the … 1 Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 2. 220 says: furore immisso a Venere. … 6 So Miss J. E. Harrison in the Class. Rev. 1893 vii. 76, Farnell Cults of Gk. States … the Argive Hera being called 'cows.' In 1894 I ventured on the … 1 Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 2. 220 says: furore immisso a Venere. … 6 So Miss J. E. Harrison in the Class. Rev. 1893 vii. 76, Farnell Cults of Gk. States

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described in all our sources as the priestess of Hera, never as a … her boopis, as though she were Hera1. And she was in Alexandrine … was embodied in the ministrant. … in the Argive dialect denoted the 'moon8'—an assertion of very … name appears also in Synkell. chron. 149 D (i. 283 Dindorf), Hieron. chron. ami. Abr. … 18, alib. See W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 439 ff., supra p. 237 n. 1 (where the … in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 437 ff.

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In modern times various arguments have been adduced to … in the seventh century B.C. oriental influence transformed the … in Dionys. per. 92, Chron. Paschale i. 74 Dindorf, Kedren. hist. comp. (i. 37 Bekker), … 1 L. Ross Italiker unci Graken p. 84, cited by R. Engelmann in Roscher Lex. Myth. … Tavpunris...'M.r)i'7), Lyd. de mens. 3. 10 p. 44, 9 Wiinsch, where ~Lekr}VT) is described in an … Plac. in Stat. Theb. 1. 720 Luna vero, quia propius taurum coercet adducitque, ideo

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or riding on a steer1, or at least drawn in a chariot by white steers … we can put together the following indications. The Argives in … Epimenides, in a passage quoted by Aelian, wrote : … 1 Ach. Tat. 1. 4 eidov eyw wot' iiri ratipip yeypafx/xeurjv ^eXrjvijv, Lact. Plac. in Stat. … subsequently modified his opinion in his Indogermanischer Volksglaube Berlin 1885 p. 209 … phon) painted a picture in which lS.ep.ea 7)v Kadrj^PT) Kai i-nrl raw yovarwv avrrjs 'A\ia[3ia5r]s

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discovered the mysteries5. Now in the Dionysiac mysteries, as … Plout. de facie in orbe lunae 24, Steph. Byz. s.v. 'Airecras, Nigidius ap. schol. Caes. Germ. … Serv. in Verg. Aen. 8. 295 Lunae Alius et invulnerabilis dictus est, cp. Sen. Here. fur. … 5 Diod. 3. 74. In Cic. de nat. deor. 3. 58 (Dionysum) quartum love et Luna, cui sacra … Saturnio et Semela. In Euseb.praep. ev. 3. 13. 18 t'ls yap r/ tovtov (sc. Alovvvov) yevv-qaaaa, … discovered the mysteries5. Now in the Dionysiac mysteries, as … Plout. de facie in orbe lunae 24, Steph. Byz. s.v. 'Airecras, Nigidius ap. schol. Caes. Germ. … Serv. in Verg. Aen. 8. 295 Lunae Alius et invulnerabilis dictus est, cp. Sen. Here. fur. … 5 Diod. 3. 74. In Cic. de nat. deor. 3. 58 (Dionysum) quartum love et Luna, cui sacra … Saturnio et Semela. In Euseb.praep. ev. 3. 13. 18 t'ls yap r/ tovtov (sc. Alovvvov) yevv-qaaaa,

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that may be, we are, I think, justified in inferring, from the analogy … menes6. He resembled Zeus in nature as well as in name. Zeus, … 2 See S. Wide in the Ath. Mitth. 1894 xix. 249, Svoronos Ath. Natioualmus. … there is much to be said in favour of this view. But was i'c6 merely an exclamation, or … and founded a sanctuary of Demeter Mfivaaa at a spot called Charadra in Argos (Polemon … after which Triptolemos was the first to plough and sow (Tzetz. in Hes. o.d. 32). Apis … (avdea) of Hera (et. mag. p. 409, 28 ff.). In the reign of Argos, son of Apis, Greece

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Rhodios in his account of the Argonauts tells how— … And Hyginus describes the same hero as ' an Argive clad in a … wiser, therefore, to suppose that he wore the bull-skin in order to … repeatedly in the poets as a title of Zeus7, a fact which supports … 3 Miss J. E. Harrison in the Class. Ken. 1893 vii. 76, after H. D. Midler Mythologie … hold your position that Argos was a celebrant—only I go much further in thinking, not … Jatta collection, Argos is clad in a bull's hide (fig. 318 from Mon. d. Inst, ii pi. 59, … The Jatta krater shows a well-marked tendency to duplicate its figures. In the lower … Hera similarly corresponds with Argos seated on the mountain near to Io. The latter

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that he interprets the title of Zeus Panoptes in a solar sense. … whose abnormal eye not improbably denoted the sun4. In this … refer to the brilliant sky-god, but as manifested in the burning … sented Argos as four-eyed in a line borrowed by an Orphic writer … white cow12, it was perhaps because ' in Euboia almost all the cattle

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stone (fig. 321)1 has come to light inscribed in late characters— … and Epaphos in Pasiphae and the … Minos, staying in Crete, married Pasiphae, daughter of Helios by … might be sent up from the deep, promising that he would offer it in sacrifice … round about his handiwork, placed it in the meadow where the bull was wont … 1 Drawn from a photograph of the stone kindly taken for me in the Museum at … 5 A wall-painting in a room of the Casa dei Vettii at Pompeii (Herrmann Denkm … stone (fig. 321)1 has come to light inscribed in late characters— … and Epaphos in Pasiphae and the … Minos, staying in Crete, married Pasiphae, daughter of Helios by … might be sent up from the deep, promising that he would offer it in sacrifice … round about his handiwork, placed it in the meadow where the bull was wont … 1 Drawn from a photograph of the stone kindly taken for me in the Museum at … 5 A wall-painting in a room of the Casa dei Vettii at Pompeii (Herrmann Denkm

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A ' Caeretan' Jiydria in the Louvre (fig. 327)2 represents Zeus … for the Gortynians was Kartemnidesz, which in all probability … 2me Serie Paris 1901 p. 65, id. in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1892 xvi. 254, Mon. d. Inst. … founder Kaprvv = Y6pTvv. I. Voss Catull. p. 203 would correct Kprj/j-via in Steph. Byz. … I would rather suppose a connexion with ra Kapraiiroda, which occurs in the laws of … Trdao-ra ^\ixy]v c3 /c' § to Kaprcuiros k.t.X.) and, in an all but identical form, was used by … Sanctis in the Mon.d. Line. 1907 xviii. 346 f.) and at Pluti near Gortyna (R. C. Bosanquet … A ' Caeretan' Jiydria in the Louvre (fig. 327)2 represents Zeus … for the Gortynians was Kartemnidesz, which in all probability … 2me Serie Paris 1901 p. 65, id. in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1892 xvi. 254, Mon. d. Inst. … founder Kaprvv = Y6pTvv. I. Voss Catull. p. 203 would correct Kprj/j-via in Steph. Byz. … I would rather suppose a connexion with ra Kapraiiroda, which occurs in the laws of … Trdao-ra ^\ixy]v c3 /c' § to Kaprcuiros k.t.X.) and, in an all but identical form, was used by … Sanctis in the Mon.d. Line. 1907 xviii. 346 f.) and at Pluti near Gortyna (R. C. Bosanquet

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back (fig. 328)5: in both cases a surrounding circle … Amenemhat III (circa 2200 B.C.), immediately in front of his … collection a similar coin of Knossos, struck in alliance with Gortyna (cp. J. N. Svoronos … 10 H. R. Hall 'The Two Labyrinths' in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1905 xxv. 328. … pp. 4—8 pi. 25 map of neighbourhood with conjectural ground-plan). In 1911 he was … who seems to have been the principal deity of the precinct; he also found in the debris … between goddesses holding fish, and another in which he is kneeling in a boat and opening … Prof. J. L. Myres in Ann. Arch. Anthr. 1910 iii. 134—136 has a restoration of the … back (fig. 328)5: in both cases a surrounding circle … Amenemhat III (circa 2200 B.C.), immediately in front of his … collection a similar coin of Knossos, struck in alliance with Gortyna (cp. J. N. Svoronos … 10 H. R. Hall 'The Two Labyrinths' in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1905 xxv. 328. … pp. 4—8 pi. 25 map of neighbourhood with conjectural ground-plan). In 1911 he was … who seems to have been the principal deity of the precinct; he also found in the debris … between goddesses holding fish, and another in which he is kneeling in a boat and opening … Prof. J. L. Myres in Ann. Arch. Anthr. 1910 iii. 134—136 has a restoration of the

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were accustomed to assemble in their respective courts ' with their

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Arthur Evans was justified in identifying it with the complex … character. The red-figured vases in every case show to the right … interior is reproduced in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1881 ii. 57 pi. 10, Harrison Myth. Mon. … of which a small illustration is given by E. Strong in the Burlington Fine Arts Club. … by E. Bethe in the Ant. Denkm. ii pi. 1, cp. Furtwangler—Reichhold—Hauser Gr.

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1 E. Braun in the Bull. d. Inst. 1846 p. 106. G. W. Elderkin ' Maeander or … Labyrinth, greeted by Athena in the presence of three other figures: the inscription

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pose a primitive composition, in which the action portrayed was … by some derivative of the swastika^. The pattern develops in two … 2 W. Deecke in the Ann. d. Inst. 1881 liii. 160—168 pi. L—M, W. Helbig in the

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square (fig. 335), and its central star (sun?) is replaced by a human … Bronze Age. In one of the corridors of the second palace at … Nnmismatiqite de la Crete ancienne Macon 1890 i. 65 ff. pis. 46°. and in the 'B0. 'Apx- … bibliography P. Gauckler in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. iii. 2101 notes 17 and 18

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is something like a consensus in favour of the view that it was a … xxii. 88 no. 133 pi. 10]. A still earlier example of the same class occurred in a magazine … 1 Supra p. 149. See now G. F. Hill Some Palestinian Cults in the Graeco-Roman … 2 Infra ch. ii § 9 (g). The old ground-plan came near to being retained, when the … 5 This suggestion was first made by Sir Arthur Evans in the Ann. Brit. Sch. Ath. … Evolution in Art London 1895 p. 282 ff., A. Bertrand La Religion des Gaulois Paris 1897

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sun's movements in the sky. … it was the paved rectangular space near the north-west corner … have been set out more or less as in the foregoing ground-plan3. … pavements of the basilicas in the Roman Forum.'

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was needed in the one3, a rope-dance (kordax) was executed in the … in 1194 A.D., tells his old friend the prior of Hildesheim how … 3 Diels in Pallat De fabula Ariadnaea Berolini 1891 interprets the clew as a rope- … 4 I have discussed a 'Minoan' precursor of the Kop5a£ in Journ. Hell. Stud. 1894

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The swastika-mosaic in the theatre at Athens.

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out by a thrice-familiar passage in the Iliad. Daidalos, we read, … Knossos6,' and that old-fashioned folk in his own day, sailors … The Labyrinth-dance was not confined to Crete. Plutarch in … 1 D. Comparetti Vergil in the Middle Ages trans. E. F. M. Benecke London 1895 … 5 Eustath. in II. p. 1166, 17 ff. 6 Soph. At. 700. … ixbvTwv k.t.X. and in more general terms by Kallim. h. Del. 312 f. -woTvia, abv irepi

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from the left side. They state also that he instituted a contest in Delos and … Ergotimos, Attic work of c. 600—550 b.c., Theseus, lyre in hand, is leading the dance, … crane recurs in the Celtic area. On an altar found at Paris in 1710, beneath the apse … Religions Paris 1905 i. 233 ff. figs. 1—4). On another altar found near Treves in 1895 … op. cit. p. 352 f. fig. 51, Reinach op. cit. i. 234 ff. figs. 5 f.). H. Steuding in Roscher Lex. … together on the solar disk (N. Gordon Munro in the Transactions of the Asiatic Society … * L'autel des cornes a Delos' in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1884 viii. 417 ff. pis. 17 ff., Durm … which is the forepart of a kneeling bull. Lastly, there is an inner va6s, oblong in shape,

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former existence of a labyrinthine dance in Asia Minor. It may, … Miss Harrison in a letter to me dated June 14, 1912 makes the interesting suggestion … 9 I figure a copper in my collection. … Prof. R. C Bosanquet draws my attention to the fact that in the temple of Apollon … (T. Wiegand 'Sechster vorlaufiger Bericht iiber Ausgrabungen in Milet und Didyma' in … 12 The Labyrinths of the Kyklopes in the caves near Nauplia (Strab. 369 i(pe^i}s 5£

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In Italy they gained a firm footing, as we may infer not only … foe in a labyrinthine frame2. … ECCLESIA repeated in a complicated form3. … of gold and pearls, in which was a Minotaur of emerald holding a … 3 F. Prevost in the Rev. Arch. 1847—1848 ii. 664, 800 ff. pi. 78. … no. 41): De diarodino imperatoris et laberintho aureo facto in eo. Unde diarodino utitur

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now in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, represents an un- … designer's meaning. Similar examples are, or were, in the church … uncommon in continental churches3. A fine specimen, composed … rinths' in The Archaeological Journal 1858 xv. 216—235. … 2 J. Durand in Didron Annales Archeologiques Paris 1857 xvii. 124^ with pi. The … 3 W. Meyer ' Ein Labyrinth mit Versen' in the Sitzungsber. d. kais. bayr. Akad. d.

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Chartres cathedral (fig. 350)1. It measures 30 feet in diameter, … Jerusalem until they reached the central space, often termed le ciel. … served a penitential purpose. One at Alkborough in Lincolnshire, … 3 The best collection of facts is contained in a paper by the Rev. F. G. Walker on … have been originally cut in Roman times.

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the civil wars there were many mazes in England, and that the … 'At the maze (called there mazles) at Comberton, in Cambridgeshire, it has … was almost identical in type with one at Wing in Rutlandshire4. … was in danger of extinction ; but I have repeatedly seen the school- … in bygone days, to be recut every three years at Easter time, when the men who cut it

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Roman lineage of these turf-mazes; for in England they are … Europe. In Norway and Sweden they are constructed- of stones … on a coin of Knossos (supra .p. 477 fig. 343)7. In Finland and … 1 E. Trollope loc. cit. p. 222 ff. Welsh shepherds, in commemoration of their Trojan … 5 On Hallands Vadero, an island in the Kattegat, a maze of stones is called … along a trade-route (cp. the map in R. Forrer Keltische Numismatik der Rhein- mid

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and drawn by E. von Baer in 1838, when he was weather-bound at … It would seem then that in Great Britain, Scandinavia, the north- … fact was Dr E. Krause. In a very noteworthy monograph devoted … names : ' In den Kirchspielen Kemi und Jio, unweit von Torneo, werden die Stein- … Nunnantarha (Nonnenhage) genannt, in dem schwedischen Archipel von Abo und am … myth, in which the solar heroine (Freya, Brunhild, etc.) was freed from the prison of

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of Daidalos with the paltry representations of it to be seen in … Another point to be noticed is this. In Italy and France, where … In conclusion, it is clear that the Labyrinth, once the orchestra … will be admitted that in the chain connecting them hardly a link … two conclusions. On the one hand, in Cretan myth the sun was … In view of these results it would seem highly probable that the … of Daidalos with the paltry representations of it to be seen in … Another point to be noticed is this. In Italy and France, where … In conclusion, it is clear that the Labyrinth, once the orchestra … will be admitted that in the chain connecting them hardly a link … two conclusions. On the one hand, in Cretan myth the sun was … In view of these results it would seem highly probable that the

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dancer imitating the sun masqueraded in the Labyrinth as a bull. … maidens at Knossos in connexion with Labyrinths old and new, … 'A dance or game which has thus spread over Europe and survived in … whether Ariadne's Dance or the Game of Troy may not have had its origin in … imitation of the sun's course in the sky ? and may not its intention have been, … p. cxxvii). This view I supported and sought to strengthen in the Jonm. Hell. Stud. … mask, and that this ritual costume gave rise to the legend of the Minotaur. In Folk-Lore

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the Minotaur, like the Chilcotin Indians walking in a circle and … from the ' Theseus-flower8.' The wreath in question, whether his … hero in the dark maze: it was afterwards placed by Dionysos

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Starry.' A red-figured amphora from Nola, now in the Vatican … 1 Apollod. 3. 1. 4, Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 653, 1299, 1301, cp. Nonn. Dion. 13. 222 ff., … 4 So Schirmer in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 657, K. Wernicke in Pauly—Wissowa Real-

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Douris, found at Vulci and now in the British Museum, sprinkles … Baumeister Denkm. iii. 1789 fig. 1873, A. S. Murray Designs from Greek Vases in the

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the early sixth century B.C., which was found at Pente Skouphia in … moon3 as well as to the stars, so that we should be justified in ex- … J. N. Svoronos in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1894 xviii. 115 connects the star, often found … no. 730), E. Pernice in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1897 xii. 29 fig. 21.

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tional. A black-figured hydria in the British Museum, on which … Athens, which represents Theseus slaying the Minotaur in the … both arrayed themselves in fine style and struck superstitious … in the Me~moires de la diUgation en Perse viii. 10 f. fig. 21. … Frazer {Class. Rev. 1903 xvii. 410 n. 3). Mr A. Lang in Folk-Lore 1910 xxi. 145 dis-

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female, played an important part in the life of their people. The … originated in Crete, and distinguishes three stages in its evolution. … of bull-baiting is found in the Thessalian taurokathdpsia4-. The … Koumasa near Gortyna (A. Mosso The Palaces of Crete and Their Builders London 1907 … With these may be compared the capture of the big bull by a posse of men in Lanzone … in the Rhein. Mus. 1883 xxxviii. 297 ff., M. Mayer in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. … galloping horse (fig. 360 from a specimen in … town shows obv. a mounted Thessalian galloping, and rev. a bull in full flight (Brit.

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the Thessalian sport, in which the hunter is mounted and the bull … Reichel further suggests that in 'Minoan' times this bull-grappling … universally1—regarded as a rite in the cult of Poseidon2. But so … in some relation to the Cretan bull-god, … In an inscription from Larissa (Inscr. Gr. sept, ii no. 528) a bull-fight takes place for

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find it. A banded agate in Sir Arthur Evans' collection (fig. 361)1 … In short, it depicts the Labyrinth as the scene of the action2. … horn or locked with him in a deadly wrestling-bout is a figure … beside him still clinging to his horn (cp. fig. 414), in effect reverts … In any case it seems probable that the religious value of the … 3 K. Seeliger in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 798"., H. Heydemann Iason in Kolchis

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bulls or bull-like figures. The vessels carried in the hands of these … in the act of drawing his bow. Of the women one places her left … raised to grasp the fertilising horn, the left lowered in a gesture … in Cretan mythology and ritual. To begin with, Monsieur … 1 Joum. Hell. Stud. 1894 xiv. 120 fig. 14 after O. Rossbach in the Ann. d. Inst. … Edinburgh 1903 p. 354 f., and especially I. Scheftelowitz 'Das Hbrnermotiv in den … discovery and for suggesting that it may furnish a prototype of the rites in question. … 7 See the facts collected by I. Scheftelowitz in the Archiv f. Rel. 1912 xv. 483 ff.

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used in these ceremonial games1. ' Minoan' seal-stones show … which resided in the horn of the latter should be found in the horn … is usually described in literature as the horn of the goat, which … 4 See K. Wernicke in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 1721.

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dainties contained in the cornu copiae of Zeus. Pherekydes, the … The same religious idea finds expression in the cult of Dionysos. … a thyrsos in his right hand and a bunch of grapes … Neapel p. 280 f. no. 2408, A. Michaelis in the Ann. d. Inst. 1869 p. 201 ff. pi. GH, … Amaltheia's horn as ransom for his own (Zenob. 2. 48, schol. //. 21. 194, Tzetz. in Lyk. … 6 Mithras in the great Mithraic myth rides the bull, grasping it by the horns, to

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in contact with the bull by methods resembling those of the … Again, near Nysa in Lydia was a village called Acharaka, … vase formerly in the Hamilton collection (Tischbein Hamilton Vases v pi. 22, Reinach … 2 Strab. 649, cp. 579, Eustath. in Dionys. per. 1153. A. Bouche-Leclercq Histoire … ; 4 Other examples of the title are collected by O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. ]\Iyth. iii.

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bull of gigantic size. In front of them … ing a fillet. Thus all who took part in the … shared by other cities in the valley of the Maiandros6. I am … types in fact give the beginning and the … Flg' red-figured vase formerly in the Hamilton … UXovrodoTTi k.t.X. See O. Hofer in the Jahrb.f. Philol. u. Pcidag. 1894 cxlix. 262 and … 6 So Dr B. V. Head in Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lydia p. lxxxiii.

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clothing on a pillar in the gymnasium, are about to hoist the bull

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are in any case the successors of the ' Minoan' bull-grapplers. … gestures beckon her on towards their home in Crete. … the ritual horns, which in ' Minoan' cult-scenes are set in various … 2 Stephani Vasensamml. St. Petersburg i. 385 f. no. 884 and in the Compte-rendic … 3 A. J. Evans in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1901 xxi. 135 ff. … are in any case the successors of the ' Minoan' bull-grapplers. … gestures beckon her on towards their home in Crete. … the ritual horns, which in ' Minoan' cult-scenes are set in various … 2 Stephani Vasensamml. St. Petersburg i. 385 f. no. 884 and in the Compte-rendic … 3 A. J. Evans in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1901 xxi. 135 ff.

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the late bronze age and early iron age found in the pile-dwellings … 2 R. Paribeni 'Corni di consecrazione nella prima eta del ferro europea' in the … Fig- 37°' a is a crescent of red sandstone (in part restored) from a station on the

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near Almeria in the south of Spain. Here Monsieur L. Siret in … not only in Crete, but also in various countries to the east, north, … back a specimen (fig. 373), which though only three inches in length … 1 M. j. Lagrange La Crete ancienne Paris 1908 p. 83 fig. 62 (about ■§■) a votive altar in

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Dr C. G. Seligmann in letters dated March 15 and March 22, … 1 See now his article in J. Hastings Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Edinburgh

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who with his followers lived near the Alliab boundary at a place called Unedol. … of a bullock. In front of this end of the mound there is one of the pickets to … blood collected in a pot, cooked over the fire, poured into gourds and eaten … Shrines of this kind (buor) are found in all the Tain and at least in some of … young sapling 6 or 8 feet tall is thrust into the ground near the horns and … me, as a resting-place for his spirit (atiep) ; and in one case he has seen a mat … evolution lies behind the use of horned altars in the Mediterranean

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area. Of course in classical times, though the term ' horned altar' … fiwfibv tol Kepaovxov edeL/xaro rdvde 'SeXevKos. There may be a special point in the epithet … E. Saglio in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. i. 351 n. 65 cites also Nonn. Dion. 44. 97 ff. … 2 Part of relief on a steatite pyxis from Knossos (A. J. Evans in the Journ. Hell. Stud.

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writes: ' The temptation is strong to see in the table and triangle a horned altar, but the … Urgeschichte der bildenden Kunst in Europa Wien 1898 p. 443 fig. 137, p. 501 f. … 2 Detail of black-figured pyxis-lid or kylix-hd found at Cuma in 1908 (E. Gabrici in … p. 517 f. no. 3223, Mon. d. Inst, ii pi. 43, E. Braun in the Ann. d. Inst. 1837 ix. 198 ff.,

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(fig. 385)5; and these volutes in turn were combined with a simple … in the ground beside him11 or fixed on a base resembling an altar1-. … 5 From a red-figured kdlpis formerly in the Canino collection (Gerhard Auserl. … Cp. the great altar of Demeter at Pergamon (W. Dorpfeld in the Ath. Mitth. … Cp. the single horns of stone found in a neolithic pillar-precinct at Terlizzi in Apulia

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sought, not in any artistic modification of the horned altar, but in … ' Iobas king of the Libyans states that bees must be made in a wooden coffer; … months old, is confined in a narrow chamber measuring ten cubits … The buried bull or bull-shrine, if we may so describe it, was in

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remarkable scene depicted in … here represented5. The divine cow buried in the earth, but yet … vasa quis dubitet? Cp. interp. Serv. in Verg. Aen. 4. 219. Varro's etymology is of … Thes. Ling. Lat. ii. 386, 7 ff. 3 E. Saglio in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. i. 351. … of Biblical Archceology 1905 xxvii. 179) has explained the pyramidal tomb-chapel in the

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1 Figs- 389 and 390 are the front and back of a Mithraic altar-piece found in 1826 in … the cave are the twelve signs of the zodiac, from Aries to Pisces, (c) In the spandrels

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wearing Phrygian cap and kneeling in front ot rock, (d) Higher up an oblong space … in his chariot (horses and rocks restored) extends his hand to Mithras, who is about to … seasons: on the left above, Spring with rose-wreaths in hair and round neck; on the

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his cave. Reluctantly he went in pursuit and caught the bull just … with wine. In vain did the emissaries of darkness, the scorpion, … protector of all flocks and herds. In short, the death of the bull … to be distinguished from the divinity dwelling in it—was at one … out a big bunch of grapes to Mithras, who raises his hand in admiration. Between … This relief was originally so mounted as to turn about in its three-sided frame on two … 1 F. Cumont Texies et monuments etc. i. 159 ff., in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 3050 ff.,

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W. Robertson Smith1 long since pointed out that in the Semitic … dedicatory inscriptions, nine of which, ranging in date from c. 70 … 4 H. C. Butler in the Am. Journ. Arch. 1900 iv. 434 b, W. K. Prentice ib. 1902 vi. … 7 So too G. Hoffmann in the Zeitschrift fiir Assyriologie xi. 246, E. Littmann ap. … 8 So too E. Littmann ap. W. K. Prentice toe. cit. p. 118, M. Lidzbarski in the

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temple, built in the time of the Antonines ; and a few paces to the … a hewn slab or pillar of stone, e.g. at Sikyon, in Arkadia, at … TTvkQiva avearrjaav irovs | airo eVoi/dou /xeidov Ztovs Ba, Topirtaiov (W. K. Prentice in … of natural stones, probably meteorites, with Zeus : e.g. the stone near Gythion called … at Tarentum in very early times (infra ch. ii § 3 (a) ii (5)). Cp. also an Apulian bell- … Zeus 2,Topiraos (A. S. Arvanitopoullos in the 'E0. 'Apx- 1906 p. 63 f. fig., K. A.

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 521 … xviii. The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon in Crete. … inscribed ZEY£|| □ O £ E I | A A N || A A M [A] | T H P in lettering of the first … 1 E. Reisch in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 1642. An instructive case is that of … (L. Stephani Parerga archaeologica St Petersburg 1851—1876 no. 18, F. Wieseler in the … 4 E.g. supra p. 38 f. pi. iv, r, p. 39 n. 2 pi. iv, 2 (Apulian vase in British Museum), … Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 521 … xviii. The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon in Crete. … inscribed ZEY£|| □ O £ E I | A A N || A A M [A] | T H P in lettering of the first … 1 E. Reisch in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i. 1642. An instructive case is that of … (L. Stephani Parerga archaeologica St Petersburg 1851—1876 no. 18, F. Wieseler in the … 4 E.g. supra p. 38 f. pi. iv, r, p. 39 n. 2 pi. iv, 2 (Apulian vase in British Museum),

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522 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … ' Two bronze statues stand there in the open air, one of them a statue of … This is in all probability the truth of the matter. The statues of … performance, in which the Cnossian queen actually placed within … 8 This view, which I put forward in the Class. Rev. 1903 xvii. 412, was adopted in

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 523 … That a queen should submit to being enclosed in a wooden cow … dynasty, when his daughter, an only child, died, buried her in … rosette between them, found in the fourth shaft-grave at Mykenai, … 5 B. Staes Hepl ttjs xPV(Te0JS MvKrjvaiKUP rivwv koctfx-q/j.6,tuv in the 'E0. 'A/3%. 1907

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524 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … heaving billows from the far eastern land of Phoenicia, borne or pursued by her … drawn up in a fisherman's net may well be, as some have thought, the explanation … in this connexion must be further investigated. … vegetation from her home in the ground8. Strong support for this … 7 This was seen by J. Escher-Burkli in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vi. 1287 f.; but

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 525 … festival in Crete, the Hellotia, at which a garland of myrtle, twenty … inside it3. Now we have already seen that in Greece such garlands … carried in procession, and suggests that originally a puppet or xdanon called Hellotis was … goddess, dies, for we hear of the funeral rites of Europa in the Corinthian festival of … The only other references to a definite cult of Europe in Crete are Dictys Cretensis … K. Tiimpel in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 2261).

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526 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … bull2, clinging with one hand to his fertilising horn and holding in … Kotyto, a Thracian Artemis (A. Rapp in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 1399 m whose cult … 1 Of many possible illustrations (listed by L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pet. … 4—6, 22 f., J. Escher-Biirkli in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vi. 1296—1298) I figure but … (Paus. 2. 30. 3) was performed. O. Jahn published it in colour {Die Entfiihrung der … Miinchen 7906 Text p. 498 f. fig. 406, F. Hauser in Gr. Vasenmalerei ii. 2836". pi. 114, 1). … 2 H. Prinz in the Ath. Mitth. 1910 xxv. 169 n. 2 hints that the key to the myth of … around and a worshipper kneeling on either side of her (W. H. Ward in the Am. Journ. … specimen of the evergreen plane is still growing in a village near Gortyna.

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Marriage of the Sim and Moon in Crete 527 … platanus esse, quae folia hieme non amittat, itemque in Cypro, ut Theophrastus ait, una, … in Cypro. This last passage is quite misconceived by J. Escher-Biirkli in Pauly— … 1 So e.g. W. Wroth in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Crete etc. pp. xxxiv, 37 ff., … Coins London 1899 p. 163 says cautiously 'the.Cretan goddess seated in her tree.' … Minos, taking upon him the form of an eagle, wooed and won his oak-nymph in a Cretan … Mr Svoronos' view is attractive. In the Class. Rev. 1903 xvii. 404 f. I accepted it … with places remote from Gortyna and was never consummated in a marriage-union at all.

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528 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … regarded the tree as an ancient willow. In such a matter the opinion of an experienced

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 529 … grow in damp marshy soil1 and probably flourished side by side at … their names to Olenos in Aulis, Aiga in Haimonia, and Helike

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530 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … 'QXev-q, abridged by Eustath. in II. p. 292, 10 ff. … Ralston in the Contemporary Review 1878 i. 525, Mrs J. H. Philpot The Sacred Tree … tung.' In addition to the amphora at St Petersburg and … Valerian with the same type had been sold at Berlin in 1845. … in 1. a vase, r. hand on breast; on L, approaching her out of the water, forepart of a bull; … The wicker basket on coins of Kibyra in Phrygia (Brit. Mus. … !g- 4°4- Ttj7ros (B. V. Head in the Num. Chron. New Series 1873 x*n- XI7>

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 531 … St Petersburg (Stephani Vasensamml. St. Petersburg ii. 241 f. no. 1637 and in the … ' Verfinsterten': (3), as a Greek compound of evpvs and oir, 'eye,' equivalent in meaning

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532 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … but small enough not to scare Europe, who is once more sunk in a … Fig. 392 is from a specimen in my collection. … 6 From a specimen in the McClean collection at Cambridge. … be conjectured that the famous olcrrpos (Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 266) was but Zeus in the … 12 Ants, bees, butterflies etc. were often regarded as the soul in insect form (Gruppe

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 533 … Many wild oaks and willows in a row … Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 800 ff.). If Zeus became an ant in Thessaly (Clem. Al. protr. 2. 39. … ry 'AxeAwou, pt.vpp.7ji; yevbp.euos, e£ rjs MyppLibibv, Arnob. adv. nat. 4. 26 versus.-..in … iii. 346 f., W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 3301 ff.). On Zeus 'Xttoplvlos see infra … 2 H. von Fritze in W. Ddrpfeld Troja und Ilion Athens 1902 ii. 491 pi. 63, 68 f.,

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534 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … But our evidence for such a town is of the flimsiest2. Besides, in … Kouretes clashed their weapons round the tree in which the cradle … aiirbXov tlvos. There was a Mt. Tityros near Kydonia (Strab. 479 tt)s p-evToi KucWtas … the matter thus: 'In addition to the use of the genitive and the adjective, there is a rare … ('Kdrjvalwv 6 8yjp.os) is an undoubted instance of the use of the nominative in place of the … According to F. Solmsen in the Indogermanische Forschungen 1912 xxx. 31 ff., … 5 ties. frag. 129 Flach ap. Strab. 471. See also Prokl. in Hes. o.d. 89.

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 535 … Antiope, who was wooed by Zeus in the form of a Satyr1. … smooth Doric pillar, on the top of which stands another goddess in … trunk down towards the phidle resting on the lap of Epzktesis. In … 348 pi. 36, 8) at Tralleis attached to 'scenes in certain religious mysteries connected with … 1 Infra ch. i § 7 (d). Another version made Zeus consort with Antiope in the form … p. 542 n. 1) : see F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Journ. Intern, a"Arch. Num. 1908

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536 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … latter stands for the female element in the cult—a koure of

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 537 … earth-goddess worshipped at Gortyna in a sacred tree. For all … cp. Viminalis. But see now Bolte in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. viii. 1. … Hyg. fab. 6, 178, 179, cp. Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 2. 289 where L. reads Agriopes. … 10 W. H. Roscher Uber Selene und Verwandtes Leipzig 1890 pp. 95, 128ft and in the … 11 Phrynichos frag. 16 Nauck2 ap. Eustath. in Od. p. 1430, 63 ft /cat ravpos

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538 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … portant piece of evidence is a passage in the treatise On the Syrian … zu meiner Schrift iiber Selene und Verzvandtes Leipzig 1895 p. 32 f., and in the Lex. … Verzvandtes Leipzig 1895 p. 42 with fig. on p. 37, id. in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 3137 … 5 From, a copper of Amphipolis, struck by Tiberius, in my collection : … Coins i. 278 ff., Head Hist, num? p. 2i6f. See further K. Wernicke in Pauly—Wissowa

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 539 … Coppers of Sidon from c. 174 B.C. onwards exhibit the type in … after winning a sea-fight, captured it in the evening. He … Again, Phoenician and lunar elements are discernible in the … her father in quest of her. Having failed to find her, he repaired to Delphoi to … of a copper, struck by Elagabalos, in my collection : A P | SI DON | COLMET - … Europe as a lunar trait. But see L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pit. 1866 p. 125 f. … 5 On the connexion of Europe with Kadmos see O. Crusius in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii.

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54-0 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … whom he sent. Kadmos in anger killed the snake and, at Athena's suggestion, … to wife Harmonia, the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, but first bade him in … The whole story gains immensely in coherence and significance, … In hand, fare forth through Phlegyai and Phokis … 2 Paus. 9. 12. 1. Two Egyptising altars of Roman date, formerly in the Towneley … A relief in a tomb of the Roman period at Kom el Chougafa shows the Pharaoh offering

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 541 … "ZvpLGTi XeyeraL 7? j3ous, cp. et. mag. p. 450, 41 f. A 'cow' is in Syriac torethd, Aramaic … 6 See K. Wernicke in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 1371, O. Jessen ib. v. 587.

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542 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … p. 384, F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Journ. Intern, d'Arch. Nu?n. 1908 xi. 142 ff. pi. 9, 8. … 3 K. Wernicke in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 13706°., K. Tiimpel ib. iii. 880 f., … y\vK6. Kprjres repeated in Favorin. lex. p. 391, 11 ; Steph. Byz. s.v. Tafa' ...rds irapdevovs … t) "KprepLLS. In Delos the festival of Britomartis followed immediately upon that of

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Zeus and the Bull in Cretan Myth 543 … In the last section we considered the myth of Pasiphae at … 2 Farnell Cults of Gk. States ii. 457—461, K. Wernicke in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. … (cp. H. Usener in the Rhein. Mus. 1868 xxiii. 342 and in his Gbtternamen Bonn 1896 … Zeus and the Bull in Cretan Myth 543 … In the last section we considered the myth of Pasiphae at … 2 Farnell Cults of Gk. States ii. 457—461, K. Wernicke in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. … (cp. H. Usener in the Rhein. Mus. 1868 xxiii. 342 and in his Gbtternamen Bonn 1896

Chapter I: Zeus as god of the bright sky / § 6: Zeus in relation to the Sun / (g): The sun and the bull / XIX: Zeus and the Bovine figures of cretan mythology

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544 Zeus and the Bull in Cretan Myth … ancient authority, either classical or post-classical, can be cited in … sent by Zeus6, is usually described as the god himself in animal … Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 4. 796, cp. schol. Lyk. Al. 401, Serv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 73, … Pyth. arg. p. 297 Boeckh) or changed Leto into a quail (Serv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 72). … (6) 'AarepLs, the island near lthake, was later known as 'Acrrepia (Pauly—Wissowa Real- … 3 This view I rashly advanced in the Class. Rev. 1903 xvii. 410, cp. Folk-Lore 1904 … Caes. Germ. Araleap. 395, 24 ff. Eyssenhardt. See further L. Stephani in the Compte- … p. 529 fig. 400) on coppers of Gortyna is possibly solar (cp. J. N. Svoronos in the Bull.

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Zeus and the Bull in Cretan Myth 545 … Atos davbvios Tovde, \ 6 Mivus k.t.X., in Lyk. Al. 1301 ouros 8e 6 AvKocppwv tov 'AaTepiov

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546 Zeus and the Bull in Cretan Myth … Cnossian Minotaur, who in some sense represented the sun-god2,

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Zeus and the Bull in Cretan Myth 547 … ably Asterion or Asterios. He advances to greet her sceptre in … by recrudescence of the early belief in the essential divinity of … with a thunderbolt in one hand, a sceptre in the other, surrounded … 3 Tzetz. chil. 1. 473, in Lyk. Al. 1301 (supra p. 545 n. 5). … pi. 32, 21 on which Zeus wears a himdtion and an eagle is added in the field.

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548 Zeus and the Bull in Cretan Myth … elephants (fig. 418)3, in each case encircled by the same seven stars. … formerly5 left them nameless, now6 follows J. N. Svoronos7 in … nurse of Zeus9. Popular fancy may have traced in it some … 4 Head Hist. num.x p. 384 'perhaps in the character of Zeus Kretagenes.' … 7 J. N. Svoronos in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1894 xviii. 115 f.

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The Bull and the Sun in Syria 549 … However that may be, his worship, widely spread in Palestine and … 5 W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1987 ff., ii. 1179 ff., A. Jeremias id. iv. 19 ff., … The Bull and the Sun in Syria 549 … However that may be, his worship, widely spread in Palestine and … 5 W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1987 ff., ii. 1179 ff., A. Jeremias id. iv. 19 ff.,

Chapter I: Zeus as god of the bright sky / § 6: Zeus in relation to the Sun / (g): The sun and the bull / XX: The bull and the sun in Syria

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550 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … and was so far Hellenised as to acquiesce in a dedication ' to Zeus … Antilibanos, the Syrian god was so far solar that, when in the age … name, which survived an influx of Roman colonists probably in the … 7 A. Hauvette-Besnault in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1882 vi. 487. … c. 400 a.d. in the 'Exploits of Mar Rabbula' p. 196, last line {infra p. 555), and even … things, even now, in Baalbeck; the ancient injurious excesses and corrupting paths of vice, … in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iv. 552.

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to Rome. In the grove of Furrina on the east side of the Ianiculum … Helios. Indeed, the Romans in general spoke of him as Iupiter … tanits travelled far afield. He is mentioned, for example, in … 1 A Phoenician dedication ' to the Baal of Libanon, his Lord' has been found in

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552 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … HelioupolUes as they call him, with important rites in the city of Heliopolis. … from saying, since it has nothing to do with the matter in hand. But that this … this god, sending documents folded and sealed: he replies in order to the

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a blank sheet to the god. He then wrote and sealed another letter, in which he … slanting downwards, which shows that the force of the sky consists in the … 1 That is, the centurion's vine showed that Trajan would die in the course of the … 2 Clearly Zeus Helioupolites is meant: see W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1987, … which properly denote ' the Beloved One.' R. Dussaud in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii.

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554 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … glimpses. In 297 A.D. Gelasinos the mime2 was suddenly con- … Christian church in its stead, and abolished by law the ancient … A. von Domaszewski in the Westdeutsche Zeitschrift 1897 xvi Korrespondenzblatt p. 172 … v. s. s. 1. m., P. Perdrizet in the Comptes rendus de FAcad, des inscr. et belles-lettres 1901 … ...............sac(erdotibus)...... See now R. Dussaud in Pauly—Wissowa Keal-Enc. viii. 54. … 3 Chron. Pasch. p. 513 Dindorf. See further the Rev. G. T. Stokes in Smith—Wace … this custom consult E. S. Hartland ' Concerning the rite at the temple of Mylitta' in the

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Heathenism was for a while triumphant1. But in 379 a.d. Theo- … went with his friend Eusebios to Bttalbek 'in order to obtain the … enthusiasts only succeeded in getting themselves thrown down the … and loop-holes, in a wonderful state of preservation6. … 2 It had been already overthrown by earthquakes (O. Puchstein in the Jahrb. d. kais. … (see the note by J. Markland in Dindorf's ed. of the Chronicon Paschale ii. 394 ff., … we have here the Greek fiaXavetov, which appears in Syriac as balana (cp. S. A. Cook … mythologie syrienne Paris 1903 Add. and in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. viii. 51.

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556 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … in many respects final exploration of the site (1900-1904) by … Septimius, an imperial freedman, in gratitude for the safety of … 1 W. B. Donne in Smith Diet. Geogr. i. 1037. … 3 O. Puchstein in the /ahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1901 xvi. 133—160 with … 4 O. Puchstein in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1902 xvii. 88 f., id. Fiihrer … O. Puchstein in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1901 xvi. 154 n. 11. Id. ib. 1902 … 6 O. Puchstein in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1901 xvi. 139 f., id. Fiihrer

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558 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … tree seen through the central gate-way of the Propylaion5. If that … 1 It was, perhaps in the fourth century A.D., transformed into a Christian church and … a cedar. A cypress is the central object on other coppers of Heliopolis, which show two … Nemea stood in a cypress-grove (Paus. 2. 15. 2) and the shrines used by the mystics of

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corn-ears in his hand. Is it possible that his fore-court contained … red Egyptian granite—monoliths 7*08 metres in height and finely … souterrain. In the middle of the court was the great altar of burnt … the officer Velius Rufus), all dedicated by colonists in Heliopolis. … viewed as an agricultural god (R. Dussaud in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. viii. 56). … 3 The basilica was in all probability the church built by Theodosios (supra p. 555).

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560 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … in width by 8775 metres in length. Round it stood a single row of

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pseudodipteral, i.e. that in lieu of an inner row of columns it had … in perspective on coins of Septimius Severus, his wife Iulia Domna,

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562 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … 1 O. Puchstein in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1902 xvii. 91 ff., id. Fuhre? … 2 Fig. 428 is reproduced from a drawing by D. Krencker in the fahrb. d. kais. deutsch.

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architect dreamed of employing an even vaster block; for in the … 1 O. Puchstein in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1902 xvii pi. 6. … Rom? p. 9 f. figs. 4 f. states that it measures 2i-35m in length, 4"33m and 4'40m in height

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564 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … now standing in a far better state of preservation. Approached by … which was divided by half-columns into a central sanctuary and … 2 O. Puchstein in the Jakrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1902 xvii. 94 ff., id. Fiihrer … 3 R. Wood The ruins of Balbek, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria London 1757

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gates of Baitokaike (Hosn Suleiman)2, is in all probability an … steps had reliefs, which can still be in part at least made out. On … Baitokaike near Apameia on the Orontes. The property and privileges granted to his … ol k&toxoi ('tenants'?) ayiov Ovpaviov Atos (ib.). See further F. Cumont in Pauly—

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566 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … Between the steps and the temple is an altar, and near by stands a … still being decorated in the reign of Caracalla (211-217 A.D.)4, it is … recent building-operations6, whilst others struck in the names of … 2 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 293 no. 18 (vase in precinct, caduceus in … 6 Another possible explanation of the type would be to say that the die-sinker, in

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closely associated in worship with Zeus himself5. … with bulls. But copies of his cult-image, recognised in recent … tanus^. Moreover, the figure, though defaced, bears out in the … W. Wroth in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Galatia, etc. p. 293 is content to regard it as … in the Ann. d. Inst. 1866 xxxviii. 134 ff., of G. Wolff in the Arch. Zeit. 1867 xxv. 55, and … 7 For a full list see R. Dussaud in the Rev. Arch. 1903 i. 347 ff., ii. 91 ff., 1905 i. … du Jupiter Heliopolitanus ' in the Comptes rendus de I'Acad.des iuscr. et belles-lettres 1901

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568 The Bull and the Sun in Syria

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appears to be covered with scales. The lower part is encased in a … in 1752 in the basin of the … of four and six petals each: one of these flowers is seen in profile … Macrobius (so Dussaud locc. citt.: Ronzevalle saw in it a fir-cone partially sunk in an … solvit {supra p. 552 n. 2) in letters belonging to the end of the second century. Cp. the … 3 Height of stile o-9om. F. Lenormant in the Gaz. Arch. 1876 ii. 78 ff. pi. 21

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570 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … of Bctalbek and published by O. Puchstein in 1902 (fig. 437)1, … to light at Marseille in 1838 and is now in the Musee Calvet at … 1 O. Puchstein in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1902 xvii. 102 f. fig., id. … 2 Several little lead figures found by the peasants in this locality likewise represent … that the neck-ornament is not composed of two dolphins (so Bondurand in the Comptes

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composed of the solar disk with two uraeus-snakes. In the centre … have been called Kvpios Tevvaios, Gennaeus Dominus (F. Cumont in Pauly—Wissowa … 1 On djinn > Tewahs see R. Dussaud in the Rev. Arch. 1903 i. 374 n. 4, 381 n. 2 = id. … Malakbel (R. Dussaud in the Rev. Arch. 1903 i. 374 = id. Notes de mythologie syrienne … logie syrienne Paris 1905 pp. 85 f., 91 f.), and G. F. Hill in … brow on early electrum coins struck in the time of Alyattes?, 610 — … specimen in my collection. Fig. 439.

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572 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … bronze statuettes in particular add Egyptising details, which … A bronze in the Joanneum at Graz (fig. 440)3 has the kdlathos … 2 Supra p. 550 n. 10 P. Perdrizet in the Rev. Arch. 1903

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The sheath is figured in front with three busts, Kronos1 above, … syrienne Paris 1903 p. 39 ff. fig. 15 raises needless doubts (P. Perdrizet in the Rev. Arch.

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574 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … The finest examples of this type are two bronzes in the de … 1 Published as ' The Ephesian Artemis ' in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Bronzes p. 183 … Very similar is a bronze statuette from Kefr Djezzin near Byblos, which formerly

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whole coiffure is, in fact, Egyptian. The ^ … rayed star. Then follows a central panel

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576 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … are leaves or possibly rays in low relief. The breast has a single … rest of the sheathing is covered with disks that have a central boss. … Iupiter of Heliopolis. In the Babylonian and Assyrian religion … 2 This was the view of W. Gurlitt loc. cit. p. 125 n. 9 and of F. Studniczka in the … 4 On the admitted identity of Adad and Ramman see e.g. A. Jeremias in Roscher … in Babylonia and Assyria New York and London 1911 p. iijff.,G. Maspero The Dawn … 5 The bull is sometimes winged, as in the rock-cut relief at Maltai (Roscher Lex. … I figure a cylinder of sapphirine chalcedony from the ruins of Babylon, now in the

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attributs, et les monuments figure's de Vhtus Paris 1849 4' I1> W. H. Ward in the … 6 I. Scheftelowitz 'Das Hornermotiv in den Religionen' in the Archiv f. Ret. 1912

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578 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … in point of fact by no means incompatible3. 'In many mythologies,' … Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria New York and London 1911 p. 83. … rays caught in the clouds (Aristot. meteor. 2. 9. 369 b 12 f.) : see E. Zeller A Histof-y of

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lord of justice,"—an attribute peculiar to the sun-god ; but in … atmosphere, and the phenomena which are daily displayed in it— … together, causing them to burst in torrents of rain or hail; he let … bull is described in the text as follows : 'The great bull, the noble … constellation Taurus5. But in any case it is invoked as a bringer … in the Beitrdge zur Assyrialogie Leipzig 1894 ii. 416 f. See also A. Jeremias Die baby-

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580 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … Created in the mountains, lord of the grain fields ! … In this double capacity En-lil was conceived as a mighty ox or … designates Enlil4. In a fragment of a hymn, Enlil is described … id. Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria New York and … 3 M. Jastrow Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria New … 5 H. C. Rawlinson A Selection from the Miscellaneous Inscriptions of Western Asia

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seen both in the colossal bulls which form a feature of Assyrian art … statue of Adad, has been found near his temple at Ashur5. And … in the magical papyrus at Paris : … ceremony in the cult of Zeus Pandmaros™, whose consort might … 5 W. Andrae Der Anu-Adad-Tempel in Assur Leipzig 1909 p. 77 f. pi. 34. … again in the Gnostic Pistis Sophia p. 375 Schwartze xptvwdep depw^ptv co^idep spoken by … 11 E. Riess in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. i.. 1726.

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582 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … From Heliopolis in Koile Syria we pass northwards to Hierapolis … pseudo-Lucian in an Ionic treatise On the Syrian goddess. The … precinct, faced the north and were some two hundred yards in … contents in detail11: … 1 Mr S. A. Cook, Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Lecturer in … abbreviation of Atargatis, the Syrian 'Atar'ata (F. Cumont in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc.

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looks like Zeus in every respect, head, clothing, and throne : you could not, … —Athena, Aphrodite, Selene, Rhea, Artemis, Nemesis, and the Moirai. In one … golden imag'e {xoanon) in no way resembling the rest. It has no shape of … 2 Not, of course, the true emerald, which is found only in America, but the green … 3 On this stone see further E. Babelon loc. cit. p. 1465. It was found in the Indian … 4 The story of the mythical, as distinct from the historical, Semiramis is first found in … tale told to explain her double form was as follows. She had fallen in love with a hand-

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584 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … comes out clearly in connexion with their oracular practices. The … A related myth is the following. Certain fish found a great egg in the river Euphrates. … in question were really Venus and Cupido, who, scared by the sudden appearance of … C. F. Lehmann-Haupt in Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 694 conjectures that doves were … Deukalion built altars and a temple of Hera over it, and introduced a custom kept up in … 2 Imperial bronze coins of Hierapolis show Atargatis in three attitudes : (1) wearing … 3 S. Reinach in the Rev. Arch. 1902 i. 31 argues that we must not press the text of

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goes on to say that in the main body of the temple, on the left … 'When he is minded to deliver an oracle, he first stirs in his seat, and the … This image of Apollon in the nave must be carefully dis- … ing from above : the other two statues of women enclosed in their circle signify … sprung from the head of Iupiter, in other words, to have arisen in the topmost

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586 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … gabled structure, in which is an object resembling … ander with the legend 1 gods of Syria' and a lion in place of the … flanked by two recumbent bulls (F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1898 xviii.

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(koryphc) is the word applied in late Greek to the apex of a … it seems probable that a royal sceptre or standard, enclosed in a … sceptre or standard of a divine king figured prominently in the … those represented in the Hittite sculptures of Fraktin and Yarre : ib. fig. 4, id. The Land … 6 Ib. pp. liv, 138 pi. 17,8 (struck in the time of Antoninus Pius).

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588 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … may be traced all round, and cannot be less than three miles in compass. … on it, in basso relievo. They were two syrens, which, twining their fishy tails … of about one hundred yards diameter. It was low, and had no water in it, and … R. Pococke in 1745 gives a more detailed account of his visit … was designed in order to behold with greater conveniency some religious cere- … I conjectured it to be about two hundred feet in front. It is probable that this … city is irregular in this part, as if some ground had been taken in after the build- … 1 The mediaeval variants are collected by E. B. James in Smith Diet. Geogr. i. 106$.

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In 1850 Lieut.-Col. Chesney1 included 'Munbedj or Bambuche' … disappeared. Dr D. G. Hogarth and Mr R. Norton in 1908 were … Indeed the only obvious pre-Islamic structures in situ are firstly, the walls of the … pool, some three acres in area, in the centre of the western half of the site3____ … confirmatory indications are visible. The whole eastern half of the site right up … 4 Dr Hogarth notes further a much defaced limestone lion near the south-east angle

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Heliopolis and Hierapolis were not the only towns in which the … silver tetradrachm of Antiochos xii, now in the Dresden cabinet, … 1 The deity represented on coins of Neapolis in Samaria (F. de Saulcy Nimismatique … 1837 pi. 3 b, 3 and 4), Eleutheropolis (id. ib. p. 243 no. 2) and Nikopolis in Iudaea … A€IHN](jON I CEH (in the year 268 of the Pompeian era = 204 a.d.), Brit. Mas. … 4 F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1898 xviii. 170 n. 9, citing A. L. Millin … Paris 1890 p. clxxiii fig. 39, W. Wroth in the Num. Chrou. Third Series 1890 x. 327 f.,

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step-son [Antiochos i Soter]. Stratonike was bidden by Hera in a dream to raise to her … 'even'—said he—lrjv yvvaiKi d/ma evpa^/icu.' Kombabos finished the temple and in … In this myth Kombabos is obviously a Syrian parallel to Attis, who, according to one … In this Propylaia stand two <pa\\oL, dedicated by Dionysos to his step-mother Hera, … gods, invoking their blessing upon the whole of Syria, and that the gods, since he is near

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592 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … and 28 f.). [In the Jakrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1912 xxvii Arch. Anz. pp. 13—16 … by the Turks to be (paXXoi used in the cult of the Syrian goddess. On the beaten gong … as a bird, Semiramis again, Kombabos, Stratonike, Alexander, Sardanapallos. In the … Near the temple is a lake containing sacred fish of various kinds. The large ones have … in the courtyard. On these they hang live goats, sheep, etc. together with birds, … deities and images of the same. On certain specified days the crowd assembles in the

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was a god worshipped since Hittite times in Kilikia and the … a sword ; for there are swords in plenty placed there on purpose. With this he mutilates … A dead eunuch is buried in a peculiar fashion. His comrades carry him out to the … accept his present sacrifice and promises a greater one in future. After that he wreathes … to mount upon a bed till he has reached his home again. In Hierapolis he is received by … since they explain the rites to their guests. They do not offer sacrifice in the sanctuary … down hence, but not as they do the beasts : they put them in a sack and lower them … they cut the hair and, placing it in vessels of silver or often of gold, nail it to the temple-

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594 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … id. ib. Berlin 1906 pp. 4—7 (cp. a second relief near Ibriz, which appears to be an exact

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scene in graphic language: … The treatment of these sculptures is all in relief. In composition there are … holds, and the King-priest, an heroic figure eight feet in height, facing towards … found in the horns which decorate the helmet, of which four pairs are visible. … There are three short inscriptions accompanying these figures. In that … his tiara, the grape-bunches and corn-ears in his hands, the plough (?) … 97, O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 330 f. fig. 2, J. Garstang The Land of the

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596 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … the same deity enthroned with a lotos-sceptre and grouped in various … 3 Id. ib. ii. 2. 445 ff. pi. in, 14—20, pi. 112, 1—8.

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struck by the generals of Alexander, e.g. by Seleukos in 321-316 … In the third century B.C. he was known at Tarsos as Zeus … in my collection. … Map/cos o-TaTwp I evxv* X&PLV)- High up in an almost in- \ o^^iT^pf j … And the debs Karaift&rrjs is coupled with Persephone in an inscription on the ' tomb of

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598 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … express the popular conception of Sandas, whose prototype in the … in my collection (fig. 460): obv. [KAISAPEHN rp ?] I ANAZAPBH head of … See further A. von Domaszewski 'Zeus '0\u/3pios' in the Num. Zeitschr.ign pp. 10—12. … of the Italian Lokroi enthroned with a sceptre in his left … 'Uber das Relief mit der Inschrift C. I. L. vi. 426 ' in the Sitzungsber. d. Akad. d. IViss, … no. 3 pi. 120), and a stone statuette from Frangissa in Kypros showing Ba'al-hamman … corn-ears at Heliopolis {stipra pp. 552, 558 f., 569, 572), grapes and a plough in Phrygia

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On the right stands Datames himself in chiton and himdtion raising … 1 I have to thank my friend Mr N. McLean, Lecturer in Aramaic to the University … 2 This word is placed either in the narrow space at the back of Herakles' knee … 2. 413 ff., G. F. Hill in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lycaonia, etc. p. lxxx, Head Hist. … 6 In the rock-carvings of Iasily Kaya near Boghaz-Keui the Hittite son-god stands on

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6oo The Bull and the Sun in Syria … stretches forth his right hand in what is clearly a characteristic … normally represented with his head full-face, not in profile : see E. Pottier ' Histoire … toes, and a conical fluted hat. He grasps a staff in his outstretched right hand and a … 5 I take this gesture to be expressive of power. In the Old Testament a ' stretched … the pyre' etc.). Mr G. F. Hill in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lycaonia, etc.

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so in an address to the inhabitants of Tarsos1: … of Melcarth, the god was burned in effigy on his own pyre-.' … Mr G. Macdonald in the Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 548 apparently rejects the identification … to a proof, that a practice of burning a deity, and especially Melcarth, in effigy or in the … 5 Ib. p. 221 pi. 37, 9, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 555 pi. 60, 18. I figure a specimen in

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bo2 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … on Greek or Roman money2, but both in form and in decoration so … (•figs. 469—474)4, in which appears a pyramid flanked by two birds or … the careful note of Mr G. F. Hill in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lycaonia, etc. p. cxix.

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might be suitably represented in … 1 M. Jastrow Aspects of Religiotts Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria, New … 5 Hieron. chron. ami. Abr. 509 Hercules cognomento Desanaus in Phoenice' clarus … chron. vers. Armen. (ii. 28 Scheme) Hercules in Phoenice cognoscebatur Desandas appel- … F. C. Movers Die Phonizier Berlin 1841 i. 460 suggested that in Synkell. loc. cit. … 7 Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 278, and especially W. Drexler in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii.

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604 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … shall see—he bears some resemblance to the Hittite son-god also. In … n. 1) have held that Sandas was from the first a sun-god (see O. Hdfer in Roscher Lex. … 3 R. Dussaud in the Rev. Arch. 1903 i. 141 f. fig. 9 = id. Notes de mythologie syrienne … Cult' in the Sitzungsber. d. kais. Akad. d. Wiss. in Wien Phil.-hist. Classe 1854 xii. … bibliography ib. p. 396. The central scene appears to represent the union of the Hittite … toes. He carries a mace in his right hand and an emblem of uncertain significance

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that symbolises lightning) in his left. The handle of a short sword is seen at his waist; … et en Occident Paris 1847 pi. 35, 2, H. Winckler in the Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatischen

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606 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … Europe2. Finally, on another Hittite cylinder in the British … outside the limits of Asia. The said exception (fig. 478)7 is a … bundle of weapons. In the field is a star (or sun) and the Egyptian crux ansata. … 6 K. Humann and O. Puchstein Reiscn in Kleinasien mid Nordsyrien Berlin 1890

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the time of Hadrian to the time of Gallienus3. They are most in … their son, himself visited Syria in 215 A.D. Alexander Severus … 1 Kan op. cit. p. 11 ft'., F. Cumont in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. v. 1276 f. … 3 Kan op. cit. pp. 16—19, F. Cumont in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. v. 1276—1278.

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608 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … other on the Aventine. A couple of marble tablets, found 'in 1734 … a Dolocenum, which was still standing in the fourth century3, though … In accordance with a behest of Iupiter Dolichenus, Best and Greatest, the … stantisso (sic) exhibitori invicto, etc. On the epithet aeterni see F. Cumont in the Rev.

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a solar power that he ordered the erection of a statue of Apollo in … 1 The word proscaenium is used of a facade or porch in front of the temple (De Vit … 2 An inscription on a statue of Apollo, now at Charlottenhof near Potsdam but doubt- … pater in both inscriptions means pater sacerdotuvi. … 4 lecticari dei. This implies that the image of the god was sometimes paraded in a

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6io The Bull and the Sun in Syria … a curious third-century relief found at Rome near the Scala santa … priest beside the young sun-god with the moon and two stars in … 1 F. Cumont in the Rev. Philol. N.S. 1902 xxvi. 8 n. 5 remarks! 'Le syncretisme … 3 O. Marucchi in the Bull. Comm. Arch. Comun. di Roma 1886 p. 136 ff. pi. 5, … sace[rd(os)] | Iovis Dolich[eni] | v. s. 1. 1. [m.]. The inscription was found in the Castra

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tively1. Two more, from Caerleon-on-Usk in Monmouthshire2 and … the god as a Roman soldier in full armour. He commonly, how- … This type occurs sometimes in the round5. For example, about … a Roman station in Lower Pannonia, and purchased for the Vienna … 2 Corp. inscr. Lat. vii no. 98 = Kan op. cit: p. 90 no. 112 (on an altar found in

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612 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … in 1891 by J. Dell at Petronell, the ancient Carnuntum in Upper … 3 J. Dell in the Arch.-ep. Mitth. 1893 xvi. 176—187 with figs. 14—24 and pi. 1.

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614 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … big square tiles. Three overturned altars (B, C, D in fig. 482) bore … in red letters with a dedication to

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were discovered at Komlod in Hungary, a place which has been

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616 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … plate (fig. 487)1 represents a bearded Iupiter Dolichenus in his … Budapest 1873 p. 11 f. pi. 5, whence it is reproduced by A. von Domaszewski in the … Wieseler—Wernicke Ant. Denkm.xx. 1. 56f. pi. 5, 8, A. Jeremias in Roscher Lex. Myth.

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to it, in a separate panel as before, are busts of the Sun with a … bolt in his left over a lighted altar. He stands in a small distyle … a palm-branch in her left hand. But the statement appears to be a … ing a Phrygian cap, who holds a spear in his right hand, a quartered … Iupiter, and in a lower register beneath this figure a goddess more … G. Loeschcke 'Bemerkungen zu den Weihgeschenken an Juppiter Dolichenus' in the

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618 The Bull and the Sun in Syria

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A fragment of another bronze plate, similar in character to … At Heddernheim in Hesse-Nassau two triangular plates of cast … hangs his sword in its scabbard. His right hand brandishes a … excellent plate given by G. Loeschcke in the Bonner Jahrbiicher 1901 cvii pi. 8. The … tails a rosette and a disk with curved rays respectively (R. Dussaud in the Rev. Arch. … Hist, de VArt vi. 820 ff. fig. 398). A ' Minoan' krate"r from Arpera in Kypros belonging

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620 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … flowers with a central spike, probably lilies. And on their helmets … blance to a weapon2 is strengthened by a raised rib, triangular in … may have stood in relation to a figure of Iupiter Dolichenus, now … in Campania have for their reverse type the forepart of a man-headed bull, on the … pp. 222—342, O. Montelius Die dlteren Kultuiperioden im Orient tind in Europa i Die

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in.his temple with a thunderbolt in one hand, a sceptre or lance in the other {infra

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622 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … the Egyptian vignette in which the divine cow looks out from the … This belief, probably indigenous in the Mediterranean area, … in one hand, a thunderbolt in the other,* and on its head wore … a thunderbolt in his right hand and ' crowned as it were with … 7 Perrot—Chipiez Hist, de r Art vi. 783 pi. 19, 5, Sir A. J. Evans in the Ann. Brit. … 10 Paus. 5. 22. 5. The manuscripts in general read eTrlneiTai bk avrco /cat eVt rfj … The Due de Luynes in the Nouv. Ann. 1836 i. 391 compared the Talleyrand Zeus of

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Zeus {Tinid) has an eagle-sceptre in his right hand, a winged … In Hellenistic times the same conception made its way into … found by Messrs Drosinos and Stamatakis in a complex of buildings … alternating with half-open lotus-buds. In view of the fact that the lily was the Greek … ii. 41 pap. 5 col. \\a, 26 ybvos "Afxfxwvos, KpLvdvdefxov, R. Pietschmann in Pauly— … pi. 2, 20, ii. 9f., Sir A.J. Evans in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1901 xxi. 107 f. fig. 4 (en- … pursuit of Minos by disappearing in a grove at Aigina and was thenceforth worshipped as

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624 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … Gruppe op. cit. p. 1125 n. 3, S. Eitrem in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. viii. 398 ff. … The coins of Elis mentioned in notes 3 and 4 must be studied in connexion with the … Miinztaf. 2, 6 ff. and 14 ff., id. Gr. Tlastik4 i. 509 ff., P. Gardner in the Num. Chron. … species of lily. This, however, is very doubtful. A. Frickenhaus in Tiryns i. 121—125 … (1 518—1594 a.d.) now in the National Gallery (no. 1313 : S. Reinach Rep. Peintures … Alexander the Great in Kos (Nik. ap. Athen. 684 e)—doubtless an allusion to his

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Manasses, who in the middle of the twelfth century composed a … Its surface, as do flowers in the fields1. … Hermes shot rays, a blossom steeped in red; … Another Byzantine scholar drew up in prose a list of the seven … 1 I do not remember to have met with this conceit in classical literature. It occurs, … 5 Piccolomini in the Rivista di Filologia ii. 159 published the following among other … are by the hand of a corrector. J. Bernays in the Arch. Zeit. 1875 xxxii. 99 cites Lobeck

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626 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … the customs and cults of the Roman Empire. In particular, there … 'A^poSirr; xa^K°s (CP- Prokl. in Plat. Tim. i. 43, 5 ff. Diehl with schol. ad toe. i. 460, … avT&v (cp. Eustath. in II. p. 25, 2 ff., p. 1154, 48 ft".). A. Ludwich as an appendix to

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K. Zangemeister and E. Gerhard. Of these, three are in the Gold … its inscription5 has a spear-head enclosed in a frame of lily-work.

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628 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … raised central ribs. To the right of … in a distyle temple, the capitals and … wreath in his beak. The field of the … 3 E. Gerhard ' Juppiter Dolichenus' in the Jahrb. d. Vereins v. Alterthumsfreund. im

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Iupiter Dolichenus was in some sense, then, a god of precious … name Aurelius in his votive inscriptions1. Doubtless the imperial

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630 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … usually interpreted of iron-mines in the neighbourhood of Doliche. … oriundam a Sole dictam putant, quod ei publice a populo Romano datus sit locus, in … (Ital. *ausoni) to the root *aues-, ' to shine,' seen in aurora etc. (Walde op. cit. p. 57). … p. 57 no. 60 (Pfiinz: a bronze tablet found near the camp of the first cohort of the … p. 26 ff. (found in 1840 A.D. at Apulum in Dacia) numini et virtutibu[s Iovis optimi

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an effigy of the god in the baths at Carnuntum2. F. Cumont … them near Pharnakia, states that in his time they were called … silver9.' On the whole it seems clear that in Pontos, where, as … 3 F. Cumont in the Rev. Philol. N.S. 1902 xxvi. 7 and in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. … 5 W. Ruge in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Euc. iii. 2099 f. … Eustath. in II. p. 363, 12 ff., and A. Ludwich ad loc.

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632 The Bull and the Sun in Syria … In any case the same geographical clue will enable us to trace … 3 Terrestrial iron perhaps stood in some relation to celestial iron. H. R. Hall The … considered certain. And L. de Launay in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. ii. 1076 gives … ing the rare examples of iron in early Egypt and the possible sources of supply. … ovpavbv with Eustath. in II. p. 576, 33 ff., in Od. p. 1783, 18 ff. … with iron by the story of the metal-eating mice. Aristotle stated that in the island of … Herond. 3. 75 f., Sen. apocol. 7. 1. Since there is no iron ore in Gyaros (Pauly—

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xxi. The Significance of the Bull in the cults of Zeus. … sively Egypt, Crete, Syria, and Asia Minor. Everywhere we have … was affiliated to Zeus6. In Crete the bull was identified with the … altar from Carvoran {supra p. 552 n. 3), used as a trough in a stable at Thirl wall, perhaps … 5 Supra p. 435 n. 6. A bronze statuette of Apis from a Greek site in the Delta is in- … xxi. The Significance of the Bull in the cults of Zeus. … sively Egypt, Crete, Syria, and Asia Minor. Everywhere we have … was affiliated to Zeus6. In Crete the bull was identified with the … altar from Carvoran {supra p. 552 n. 3), used as a trough in a stable at Thirl wall, perhaps … 5 Supra p. 435 n. 6. A bronze statuette of Apis from a Greek site in the Delta is in-

Chapter I: Zeus as god of the bright sky / § 6: Zeus in relation to the Sun / (g): The sun and the bull / XXI: The significance of the bull in the cults of Zeus

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is his significance in ancient religion ? Prof. Gilbert Murray in a … seu medicus 10 (xiv. 706 Kiihn), Eustath. in II. pp. 259, 3 f., 527, 43 ff., 906, 60, id. in … Amulets combine the bull's head with the phallos in several ways (O. Jahn in the … barkeit in der Natur wird nun aber nach griechischer Anschauung hervorgebracht

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shine and storm1. In Egypt it is of course the solar aspect of the … i.e. User-Maat-Ra (Rameses ii)12, in which the Hittite deities were … Wassers, bald das Feuer, das Licht und die Warme, ohne die in der ganzen Natur kein … 12 W. Max Miiller ' Der Btindnisvertrag Ramses' II. und des Chetiterkonigs' in the … Ancient History of the Near East London 1913 p. 363 ff., cp. p. 333.

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on his haunch8. In Roman times Apis travelled yet further afield. … plan on p. 247 and pi. 72, H. R. Hall The Ancient History of the Near East London

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His effigy is found e.g. on coins of Amastris1 and Germanikopolis2 in … erection like a pediment, sometimes with a pellet or disk in it … in my collection. My friend Prof. E. J. Rapson kindly refers me to his Catalogue of the

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the Hallstatt period from the famous Bycfskala Cave in Moravia … lost. It is a statuette of cast bronze about 100 millimeters in … a bridle, as in the case of Egyptian bulls. Small triangular plates … col. Frontisp. ( = id. in the Mittheilungen der Anthrop. Gesellschaft in Wien 1877 … von Woldrich mit Apis in Zusammenhang gebracht worden ist,' ib. p. 130, 'welche auf

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