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31 o The Kyklops of the East and West … A distant echo of this mythopoeic stage may be heard in … two, male and female, but a third as well, which was a compound of them both. … be put thus. The male was originally the offspring of the sun ; the female, of … rationalised them into pirates, but that tradition made them the offspring of the Nemean … from Kouretis (= Euboia) and ultimately from Thrace, where there was a tribe of … k6k\ip £x°v- That is, every man had the shape of two men joined back to back, so that … comment in The Metaphysical Basis of Plato's Ethics Cambridge 1895 p. 138 f.

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The Kyklops of the East and West 311 … world in search of his other half. And, if Zeus hears much more … the serious beliefs of the past. When Platon speaks of a third sex … describe Argos by the author of the Aigimios (schol. Eur. Phoen. 1116). Is it accidental

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312 The Kyklops of the East and West … sense of artistic fitness prescribed, first that the Kyklops should … to the original conception of the western Kyklops and speaks of his … eye, according to Strab. 21. The Kyklopes of Aitne are one-eyed in Eur. Cycl. 21Y.; … of the Trojan war gives Polyphemos two eyes and makes Odysseus pluck out one of them

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The Kyklops of the East and West 313 … simile refers to the size (and shape), the other to the glow, of … Of course no simile or collection of similes can prove that the … from which he took his name, with the shining orb of the sun8. … survey of analogous myths all the world over, comes to the conclusion that the man- … by the solar hero or sun-god, who wrests from him the means of making fire. On this … § 3 (b)). W. H. Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 1689, 59 ff. suggests that the one eye of the

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314 The Kyklops of the East and West … Three sons of size and strength, not to be named, … certain many-armed giants of the self-same parentage. If we may … nick-name of Appius Claudius Caecus). … 5 E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians London 1904 i. 298 f., 306.

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The Kyklops of the East and West 315 … Crown, and thou art the lord of radiant light and the creator of brilliant rays____ … Ra was likewise fused with Tern the local sun-god of Annu, … Budge, 'was the physical body of the SunV And monuments of … 1 E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians i. 422 f. Meh-urt, ib. i. 365 Hathor, … 2 E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians ii. 8. … 6 E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians i. 467, cp. ib. i. 109, 165, 202, 248, … 7 E. A. Wallis Budge A History of Egypt London 1902 iv. 119, The Gods of the

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316 The Kyklops of the East and West … spite of obvious inconsistencies. A Greek of the classical period … from the exclusiveness of primitive religion, the easier it is to hold … 1 E. A. Wallis Budge A History of Egypt iv. 133 Khut-en-Aten on a portable throne,

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mere succession of pictures or metaphors. A fin-de-siecle poet … With glowing" spokes of red, … while elsewhere in the same little volume he prefers to speak of … is of the scantiest. The scholiast on Euripides, probably confusing … They are, that is, elder and unsuccessful rivals of Zeus. … Arges—are all but identical with sundry titles of Zeus, namely … 3 Id. ib. p. 18. Mr Owen Seaman in The Battle of the Bays London 1896 p. 39 has … mere succession of pictures or metaphors. A fin-de-siecle poet … With glowing" spokes of red, … while elsewhere in the same little volume he prefers to speak of … is of the scantiest. The scholiast on Euripides, probably confusing … They are, that is, elder and unsuccessful rivals of Zeus. … Arges—are all but identical with sundry titles of Zeus, namely … 3 Id. ib. p. 18. Mr Owen Seaman in The Battle of the Bays London 1896 p. 39 has

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thunder and lightning of Zeus, but could on occasion wield his … Of bastard bolts, not one god's-enemy … The lightning of the sky, both flash and fade, … The clappings of the thunder and with spray … On terra-cotta brasiers of Hellenistic date there is often stamped … of Zeus' thunder see Eur. Cycl. 327 f.

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that of the Kyklops. If they are right—and Furtwangler's argu- … at the advice of an ancient oracle, they first slew the daughters of … Kyklops (or the son of the Kyklops). This proved unavailing ;

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Kyklops was the son of Zeus; or Geraistos was, according to some, … the three-eyed Kyklops of Sicily bears a striking resemblance to … one with the three-eyed Zeus of Argos, who in turn is strictly … not refrain from laying hands on Odysseus through any fear of … 'This is inconsistent with what the Cyclopes acknowledged about the power of Zeus,

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The Blinding of the Kyklops' Eye 321 … settled in various parts, most of them in Kouretis: from Kouretis they came to help … Galatia took its name from Galates, son of Kyklops and Galatia. Appian. Illyr. 2 says … Io. Malal. chron. 5 p. 114 Dindorf asserts that Sikanos, king of Sicily, had three … logie celtique Paris 1884 p. 208 ff., J. Curtin Hero-Tales of Ireland Boston 1894 p. 283 ff., … 4 Append. E. J. Grimm op. cit. ii. 516 n. 2 speaks of ' sooty Cyclops' on the strength … The Blinding of the Kyklops' Eye 321 … settled in various parts, most of them in Kouretis: from Kouretis they came to help … Galatia took its name from Galates, son of Kyklops and Galatia. Appian. Illyr. 2 says … Io. Malal. chron. 5 p. 114 Dindorf asserts that Sikanos, king of Sicily, had three … logie celtique Paris 1884 p. 208 ff., J. Curtin Hero-Tales of Ireland Boston 1894 p. 283 ff., … 4 Append. E. J. Grimm op. cit. ii. 516 n. 2 speaks of ' sooty Cyclops' on the strength

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322 The Blinding of the Kyklops' Eye … a minute and painstaking criticism of the myth, sets aside all later … Of olive-wood yet green, which he had felled … Then 'neath the heap of embers I thrust in

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Prometheus' Theft of Fire … Is the strength of steel, so hissed the Kyklops' eye … A. Kuhn2, that the single eye of the Kyklops was an early repre- … been for the fortunate preservation of a more or less parallel myth, … theog. 567, cited by E. E. Sikes in his ed. of Aisch. P. v. p. xvii n. r, where a further … plantation, they will enclose a live stick in a hollow piece of a certain sort of wood, which … Prometheus' Theft of Fire … Is the strength of steel, so hissed the Kyklops' eye … A. Kuhn2, that the single eye of the Kyklops was an early repre- … been for the fortunate preservation of a more or less parallel myth, … theog. 567, cited by E. E. Sikes in his ed. of Aisch. P. v. p. xvii n. r, where a further … plantation, they will enclose a live stick in a hollow piece of a certain sort of wood, which

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324 Prometheus' Theft of Fire … common abode of Athena and Hephaistos2,' in fact from the … help of Minerva into the sky, and, applying a small torch to the wheel of the … composed. Prometheus made man out of clay, and moulded him without life … the wheel of Phoebus and stole the fire, which he applied to the breast of man, … the submerged volcano see R. C. Jebb's ed.2 of Soph. Phil. p. 243 ff. … faculam accendit. This version of the myth, which occurs with some slight variations

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A. Kuhn in his remarkable study on The Descent of Fire has … tribes all the world over3, consists essentially of two sticks, the one … while he places the pointed end of the other stick upon it. This second stick is … My illustration (fig. 254) shows a couple of fire-sticks of this sort … 3 On the fire-drill see E. B. Tylor Researches into the Early History of Mankind and

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upper stick is made to rotate by means of a cord or strap. Thus … ' It consists in drilling one piece of ararii-wood into another by pulling a string … A. Fire-stick of thin … B Fire-stick of thicker … reports that the fire-boards of the Chuckchees in the north-east

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natural guardians of the reindeer. The holes made by drilling in the board are … turned about in the eye of a voracious and supernatural herdsman, … On this showing the hero of the Kyklops-adventure must have … blaze as 'Seed of Sicilian fire and glowing hearth' {supra p. 318).

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Ithax can hardly be dissociated from Ithake3, the home of Odysseus … out as the grandson of the Cretan Minos and says totidem verbis: … of Odysseus, e.g. on coppers of Ithake (fig. 258)6, is indistinguishable … Hyg. fab. 31 gives the name of Prometheus' eagle as Aithon (cp. 77. 15. 690). … Odysseus assumed the name Mdwv because his mother Antikleia, daughter of Autolykos … Other points of resemblance between the hero of the Kyklops-tale, Prometheus, and

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Prometheu's as the phonetic equivalent of pramantha^ \ and it is … he did out of gratitude release Prometheus, and, to keep his oath, gave him a ring to … Prometheus a garland instead of a ring. An Etruscan mirror shows him wearing a … Axiothea the name of his wife (Tzetz. in Lyk. Al. 1283) with the Cabiric names Axieros, … 1886 p. 132 n. 121, E. W. Hopkins The Religions of India Boston etc. 1895 pp. 107, … genious, but over-venturesome, writer attempts to connect Prometheus as inventor of the … ' He of the fire-drill,' and that it was distorted into Upofx-qdeis to suit the supposed con- … brother of Manthu and son of Vira-vrata, the son of Madhu and Sumanas (Sir M. … me : ' The names Manthu and Pramanthu occur in a long genealogy of one Priyavrata,

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Gyrdpsios of Chios2—a combination that strengthens his claim to … ideas expressed themselves in a cult of Zeus5. … explain a whole series of bronzes found by Messrs Saltzmann and … 4 Id. ib. ii. 227 ff. On the similar coupling of Zeus ~ Hestia see infra ch. iii § 1 (a) … which might be explained as the ' Rod-twirler,' a compound of the digammated root of … twirler (' Gertenschwinger'') to be Rhadamanthys as judge of the dead. Certainly in that … Gyrdpsios of Chios2—a combination that strengthens his claim to … ideas expressed themselves in a cult of Zeus5. … explain a whole series of bronzes found by Messrs Saltzmann and … 4 Id. ib. ii. 227 ff. On the similar coupling of Zeus ~ Hestia see infra ch. iii § 1 (a) … which might be explained as the ' Rod-twirler,' a compound of the digammated root of … twirler (' Gertenschwinger'') to be Rhadamanthys as judge of the dead. Certainly in that

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of the eighth and seventh centuries B.C. The bronzes themselves … a similar wheel8. Since the principal cult of the early Rhodians … 4 lb. p. 13 no. 170, cp. Olympia iv. 66 no. 477 pi. 25 (two rams back-to-back).

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Strabon1, many years before the establishment of the Olympic … serving as spokes. The body of the horse is connected with the … That belief meets us in the mythologies of various Indo-Europaean … kais. dentsch. arch. Inst. 1910 xxv Arch. Anz. p. 294 f. fig. 7 (from a photograph of the … Hopkins The Religions of India Boston etc. 1895 p. 41, W. Mannhardt Wald-und Feld- … The conception of Helios as a rider on horse-back is not Greek (pace Rapp loc. cit. … Strabon1, many years before the establishment of the Olympic … serving as spokes. The body of the horse is connected with the … That belief meets us in the mythologies of various Indo-Europaean … kais. dentsch. arch. Inst. 1910 xxv Arch. Anz. p. 294 f. fig. 7 (from a photograph of the … Hopkins The Religions of India Boston etc. 1895 p. 41, W. Mannhardt Wald-und Feld- … The conception of Helios as a rider on horse-back is not Greek (pace Rapp loc. cit.

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Evidence of the combination has been found here and there in … J. Dechelette claims that this is the pre-Mycenaean prototype of … 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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handles were assimilated to the sun. But neither of the band from … case may be, recall in effect the back-to-back arrangement of the … 2 Id. ib. p. 73 no. 539 pi. 27, p. 79 no. 573 pi. 28 (two birds), p. 93 no. 638 pi. 29, … de Witte op. cit. ii. 20 n. 10 cite a winged tripod from a coin of Agrigentum (G. L. Castelli … 8 Doubtless the grouping of the horses is primarily due to the fact that the artist could

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Later this type of Helios and his chariot came to be enclosed … sents the horizon, and two plunging dolphins the sea. Nothing of … found in another tomb at Elis along with a whole series of phdlara … who owns a good collection of modern horse-amulets ('horses' … oval shape of this disk was determined by the turn of the horses to … were presumably meant to represent a pair of animals apiece.

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The first of May is kept as a day of jest and jollity by the … 2 The Persians, who called the whole circle of the sky 'Zeus' (supra p. 10 n. 1), had … after that the white chariot of the Sun similarly adorned; then a third chariot, the horses … horses and followed by a magnificent horse called the horse of the Sun—the leading … 4 A copper coin of Alexandreia struck by Trajan has for reverse type Zeus Amnion in … The first of May is kept as a day of jest and jollity by the … 2 The Persians, who called the whole circle of the sky 'Zeus' (supra p. 10 n. 1), had … after that the white chariot of the Sun similarly adorned; then a third chariot, the horses … horses and followed by a magnificent horse called the horse of the Sun—the leading … 4 A copper coin of Alexandreia struck by Trajan has for reverse type Zeus Amnion in

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itself—another case of the solar apotropaion being fixed above the … form that I have come across consisted in two hoops set at right … an effigy of the earth-goddess4 blossoming beneath his rays? … wreath of flowers6'—a May-garland rather than a May-pole. The … 3 The first of the shapes here shown (fig. 270, a) can hardly be separated from that … 4 Cp. infra ch. i § 6 (g) xviii (the garland of Hellotis).

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The Sim as the Bird of Zeus 341 … which was originally conceived as the embodiment of Horos5, came … Horos of Edfu (Heru-behutet) was known far and wide as the … 2 E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians London 1904 i. 146, K. Sethe Zur … book of Egyptian Religion trans. A. S. Griffith London 1907 p. 22. … 8 G. Maspero op. cit.4 p. 136 n. 5, cp. Hdt. 2. 73 (of the phoenix) ra p.ev avrov xpvo~6- … (bennu) of Heliopolis. As represented in Egyptian (Lanzone Dizion. di Mitol. Egiz. … ? D'Arcy WT. Thompson A Glossary of Greek Birds Oxford 1895 p. 182 ff. … The Sim as the Bird of Zeus 341 … which was originally conceived as the embodiment of Horos5, came … Horos of Edfu (Heru-behutet) was known far and wide as the … 2 E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians London 1904 i. 146, K. Sethe Zur … book of Egyptian Religion trans. A. S. Griffith London 1907 p. 22. … 8 G. Maspero op. cit.4 p. 136 n. 5, cp. Hdt. 2. 73 (of the phoenix) ra p.ev avrov xpvo~6- … (bennu) of Heliopolis. As represented in Egyptian (Lanzone Dizion. di Mitol. Egiz. … ? D'Arcy WT. Thompson A Glossary of Greek Birds Oxford 1895 p. 182 ff.

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342 The Sun as the Bird of Zeus … The Orphists, jealous guardians of antiquated ideas, opened … variety of winged solar deities9. … the sun15. It would seem, then, that behind the stories of Daidalion … Abel (of Phanes) xPV(TeLaLS TrrepvyeacrL cpopevfxevos 'ivQa. koX 'ivQa. … 13 Ov. met. 11. 271 ff., 294 ff. makes Daidalion son of the Morning Star {Lucifer).

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The Sun as the Bird of Zeus 343 … the sea. Many mythologists, arguing from the analogy of Phaethon … thos, in which B. Schmidt recognised certain traits of the Ikaros- … him and cut off his three hairs. This made him the weakest of all men. The … 2 E.g. Gilbert Gr. Gotterl. p. 180 and the author of the latest monograph on the … of Talos, whom Gruppe admits to have been the sun (id. p. 1310 ' Ein Helios war … (v. 47, where for ' a sea-devil clawed him with a thirteen-pronged fork' read ' the god of … no. 8, in both of which the hero's strength is vested in three golden hairs on the top of

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344 The Sun as the Bird of Zeus … marry him. Now the sea in which the dolphin lived was of such a sort that no … wedding, the dolphin shook off his skin and changed into a young man of … This tale combines the characteristics of Ikaros with those of … the Taphian legend4, and justly compares the Megarian myth of … enemy (Ail. de-nat. an. 4. 5). But this is hardly to be got out of Souid. s.v. icpeKa' tt)v

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The Sun as the Bird of Zeus 345 … probably ' a mitigation of an earlier custom of flinging the scape- … son of Ikarios3. Further, the Leucadian 'leap' was persistently con- … simply a doublet of Pkaethon, ' the Shining One.' There is, there- … The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race Oxford 1830 i. 260 f. … Others declared that the 'leap' had first been taken by Kephalos son of Deioneus out … Ptol. Hephaist. ap. Phot. bibl. p. 153 a 7 ff. Bekker gives a long list of lovers who … Danubier in Griechenland Gottingen 1909 p. 43. Fick ascribes this cult of the sun-bird … 8 On a copper of Nikopolis in Epeiros (?), struck by Trajan, Apollon Leukates

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Ikaros, Nisos, Pterelaos are so many mythical expressions of one … Egypt was the ram. Khnemu, the great god of Elephantine1, was … himself was on occasion addressed as a ram, to judge from one of … 2 This is inferred from the hieroglyphic form of his name (Sethe loc. cit. p. 2350). … A magnificent gold statuette of Her-shef with a ram's head was found by Prof. Flinders … Ikaros, Nisos, Pterelaos are so many mythical expressions of one … Egypt was the ram. Khnemu, the great god of Elephantine1, was … himself was on occasion addressed as a ram, to judge from one of … 2 This is inferred from the hieroglyphic form of his name (Sethe loc. cit. p. 2350). … A magnificent gold statuette of Her-shef with a ram's head was found by Prof. Flinders

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was identified with another local form of Ra, namely Ba-neb-Tettu, … the solar disk. But, whereas the ram of Khnemu belonged to a … Herodotos, who speaks of Amen-Ra more than once as the … explain that this custom of theirs arose in the following way. Herakles was … p. 113 ff. pi. H, W. M. Flinders Petrie The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt Edinburgh … 1 E. A. Wallis Budge op. cit. ii. 64 ff., 353 f., A. Erman A Handbook of Egyptian … of Herakles importing sheep from north Africa into Greece (Palaiph. 18 (19), Varr. rer. … 8 On the goat-cult of Mendes see Find. frag. 201 Christ with n., Hdt. 2. 46, Plout.

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last, when Herakles was importunate, Zeus thought of this device. He flayed a … once a year, on the festival of Zeus, they, like their god, cut up and flay a ram : … Shu (Herakles), who is often called 'the son of Ra3' and as god … when Lucian in the second century of our era makes Momos, the … journey of Zeus to Aithiopia (//. 1. 423 f.) and his union with Hera {supra p. 154 ff.) were … 4 E. Naville Book of the Dead ch. 55 and 38 B, 1. For these and the following

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god of ' Mockery,' ask Zeus how he can permit ram's horns to be … not to say far-fetched, between their own deities and those of the … blue, probably because that was the colour of the heavens in which he ruled as Sun god '

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ram or even give him a ram's head; for the whole trend of Greek … back to a fifth-century original of quasi-Pheidiac type3 perhaps … determine. It may have been at Thebes, the original nidus of … of Siwah, where the Theban Pharaohs planted their favourite … under a variety of titles8 and Ammon came to be reckoned as … 1 On the various forms of this name see R. Pietschmann in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. … Ant. Denkm. i. 37 pi. 3, 9 a herm of Greek marble—height o"43m. … 6 G. Maspero The Passing of the Empires London 1900 p. 552. … E. A. Porcher History of the Recent Discoveries at Cyrene London 1864 p. 11 3 inscr. no. r 1).

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present no means of deciding. At Gythion … honoured deities of the land6; besides, he … The whole group of words is ultimately connected with tcepas, 'horn,' the napvos being … no. 1446) was worshipped before the return of the Herakleidai, having a shrine in the

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Kyrene also1. At Sparta there was another sanctuary of Amnion, … by the Lacedaemonians more frequently than by the rest of the Hellenes. It … Certainly Aphytis possessed an oracle of Ammon?j, whose head … Libye, Libyan justice would be found superior to that of Sparta7. … ' The image was dedicated by Pindar : it is a work of Kalamis. Pindar also

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A brief fragment of it containing the invocation— … nected with Thebes in Egypt may have led the inhabitants of the … Having thus secured a firm footing on Greek soil, the cult of … European, Asiatic, and African. The description stands in need of … monly speak of Iupiter Hammo?i. The aspirate has come to him … another possible fragment of the hymn see infra p. 366 f.

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Semitic influence penetrated to the Ammdneion itself. Of its … 'The image of the god is surrounded … whatever direction the will of the god … either side of the boat. Women and … Both of these statements were doubtless drawn from the lost … baztylos or baitylion of Ba'al-hamman, a sacred stone, half-fetich,

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Cypriote Aphrodite was likewise ' worshipped in the form of an … to have had a cult-object similar to the emerald-set omphalos of … on the cult of Zeus Ammon. Now Theophrastos a propos of … of emerald. It is, I suspect, represented on … obelisks5 of the sort were to be seen there in … p. 285). A bronze statuette at Vienna shows Zeus Ammon holding the club of Herakles

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Amen-Ra in the tomb of Seti i was himself coloured green1, it … priate to the service of Zeus Ammon*. Perhaps it was as the son … In the second place, the method of divination practised at the … ' Plasma' was occasionally used for the figure of Zeus en- … Akad. 1845 Phil.-hist. Classe p. 289 pi. 1, 10). I append a laureate head of Zeus

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ideas of a cosmic ship1, but is simply the Egyptian solar barque. … morning barque, at night-fall reached the Mountains of the West, … dedicated in the temple of Amen-Ra at Thebes a boat of cedar … 3 A. Erman A Handbook of Egyptian Religion trans. A. S. Griffith London 1907 … chariot, which rises out of a boat : on the left Phosphoros (?) acts as leader; on the right … ii. 59, 6) is, however, comparable with the cup-shaped boats of Assyrian art (Preller— … were intended to serve as base for a precious stone or perhaps a piece of metal or wood

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name of Afnmon\ The association of the god with this reptile was … 5e 7rat5t/c6s—8<ppa Xddoire- k.t.X. This has been explained as a reference to the story of

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True, we have already seen the snakes of Esmun, the Punic … Again, Isis and Sarapis were often represented as a pair of … 3 E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians London 1904 ii. 376 f. … 6 Ptolemaios ap. Arrian. 3.3.5 states that two snakes guided the army of Alexander … no. 677 Hadrian pi. 1 (bust of Zeus Amnion with a solar

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Zeus of the Oasis a Graeco-Libyan god 361 … 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.

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in support of the view that Zeus Amnion was essentially a Greek … far back as the reign of Seti i (c. 1300 B.C.)3. This blunder has … dynasty Egypt was twice attacked by a combination of northern … in the reign of Merenptah c. 1250 B.C. Egypt was invaded by … 7 See H. R. Hall The Oldest Civilization of Greece London 1901 p. 171 f., G. Maspero

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Zeus of the Oasis a Graeco-Libyan god 363 … and Danaans (Daanau, Danauna)1. Several of these identifications … be left for Egyptologists to criticise. But on the strength of the … The same comparison of the Libyan with the Dodonaean Zeus … —but also reports at first hand with every appearance of fidelity … 2 W. M. Flinders Petrie in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1890 xi. 271—277. The sherds of

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Zeus of the Oasis a Graeco-Libyan god 365 … he adds the episode of the dove settling on the ram. The latter … represents the dove on the head of the Ammonian ram. More probably it is a variation

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the Ammoneion of an oracular grove without specifying oak-trees1. … On a double bust of Zeus Amnion and Sarapis (?) with oak-wreath and kdlathos see … 4 H. Dessau in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 751 f. They hold the oracle of Zeus … £acr#at fiaXdvov. This is Bergk's restoration of the MS. At'/3es 5£ Tdppavra 0a(rt

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Zeus of the Oasis a Graeco-Libyan god 367 … Of Zeus' sweet acorn. … The institution of both oracles was also connected with a … then for the first time uttered a voice and said—"The youngest of thy followers." … Similarly with regard to the Oasis Leon of Pella, a contemporary … that the Fountain of the Sun is known locally as Ain el hammam, which he renders 'the … vTTOfj.ovrjs (iinfMovTjs cod. Barnes.) top [x&vtlv irpoayet. stands in need of emendation.

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of Alexander the Great, in his treatise On the gods of Egypt … been the original inventor of everything, a certain Hammon came from Africa … which makes the foundress dove settle on the head of a ram3. … pool of Zeus Hammon, cold by day, is hot by night5:; … explanation of the phenomenon was that by night the sun went … properly belonging to some old Greek cult led to the confusion of a Greek with an … spring flowed from the roots of a huge oak and itself gave oracles by means of its

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Zeus of the Oasis a Graeco-Libyan god 369 … Yet Zeus Ndios and Zeus Amnion both gave oracles in verse. For those of the former

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a temple of Zeus Ammon, and set the helpful ram among the stars, … it be urged that the original consort of Zeus at Dodona was Ge … 3 Paus. 5. 15. 11 with J. G. Frazer's n. ad loc. (iii. 584). On the association of Zeus … Gemmentaf. 4, 11). The existence of double busts representing Zeus Ammon and Hera

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point is that the cult of Zeus in the Oasis was, as Herodotos … On gold, silver (figs. 280—283), and copper coins of Kyrene struck … type of Ammon2. The same mature and youthful heads with a … Beardless: Head Coins of the Ancients p. 69 pi. 35, 40 ( = myfig. 283),^'. Hist, num.2 … All these heads have in front a curious set of upstanding curls (?), perhaps derived

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(figs. 284, 285) and copper coins of Tenos from the fourth to the … silver coins of Metapontum c. 400—350 B.C. both … The identification of this youthful figure is a

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proposed identification of the youthful horned head with that of … Amnion. Nevertheless a comparison of the towns issuing coins of … the latter founded the temple of the former8—but partly also by

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commonly Dionysiac—a kdntharos, a bunch of grapes, a herm of … Stephani further drew attention to a series of double busts … which yokes two youthful heads, one having ram's horns and a … probably a portrait in the guise of Ammon11. Another isolated … Barre locc. citt. the head of Ammon has a wreath of ivy and flowers, the other head

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Petersburg, on which is a scene of considerable interest (fig. 287)\ … horns holds a larger branch of bay with leaves and berries. He … chiton and himdtion, who offers him a bunch of grapes with her left hand, a white wreath

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tion of this far off spot on the more familiar oracle of the Delphic … Dionysos. And the coins at least suffice to prove the existence of … From the fourth to the eighteenth century we know nothing of … founded the oracle of Ammon, and made the child Zeus king of Egypt. Etc., etc. … 3 Cp. Hdt. 2. 42 'Afiouv yap AlyijTTioi KaX^ovcrc rbv Ala, Plin. nat. hist. 6. 186 (of

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The Oasis of Siwah … stood rooted to the spot until he died, unless one of the natives … seen4. It was otherwise with the Oasis of Santariah or Siwah, … 'The town Santariah forms part of the Oases and was built by Minakiush,

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the fourth, philosophers, astronomers, physicians, and masters of learning ; on … Leo Africanus {c. 1517 A.D.) speaks of the Oases as a district … The first Europaean to reach the Oasis of Siwah in modern … then in Egypt, joined a large company of pilgrims returning from … 1664, 1672, and 1673 A.D., praised the dates of Siba as the best (S. Ideler in the Fund- … the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa, continued his route westwards from Siwah

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The Oasis of Siwah … the mysterious Lake Arashieh ; but the inhabitants of Siwah burnt his boat, and did … Berlin 1824, with an Atlas of 38 plates and a map. … 4 Bayle St. John Adventures in the Libyan Desert and the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon … 1885 in two vols., id. Drei Monate in der libyschen Wiiste Cassel 1875, W. Jordan … Oasis of Jupiter Amnion London 1899. … 8 Archonides or Andron of Argos, a man who all his life ate plenty of dry salt food

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The situation of Siwah was determined by Browne, Cailliaud, … it was an accessible coast-towm6! In point of fact the Oasis is … mined by W. Jordan at 290 12' north of the equator by 250 30' east of Greenwich. … showed a mean depth of 52 metres (Von Tripolis nach Alexandrien2 ii. 113).

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traditionally identified with the Fountain of the Sun1. It measures … E? pVj&S varied inversely with the height of the … T of the Doves ' ; but G. Steindorff points … element of Ba'al-kamman, so that the … ?f y^'-^^^y^S:^ a' Agermi, containing the chief temple of … *y^*-V8\^ d. Ain el hammam, the ancient Fountain of … To the north of Ain el hammam is … 4 The temperature of the water is constant—840 5W*J»-

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The Oasis of Siwah … first detailed description of the temple2. It appears from his … uncertain. In the middle of the precinct rose a mass of limestone

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in the distance (fig. 292)2: he also had copies made of its reliefs, … '3 Id. ib. Atlas pi. 10, 2 = designs on the left of the main entry (pi. 7, t).

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The Oasis of Siwah … G. Rohlfs1 in 1869 found nothing of the precinct-wall left save … of secret passages to Agermi and Siwah. Rohlfs further notes … preserved eagles {sic) with outspread wings. Two roof-stones lay on

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hibited on the east wall 53 columns of hieroglyphs, of which the … The best-preserved figure was that of the horned Amnion seated … has the horns of both Khnemu and Amen5, the double plumes, the

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The Oasis of Siwah … wearing the united crowns of the South and the North. Behind … and his wife the lion-headed Tefnut representing the moisture of … more detailed account of this temple was given by G. Rohlfs, … been largely filled in and blocked by the houses of a crowded … G. Maspero The Struggle of the Nations London 1896 pp. 220 fig. (cp. id. p. 430), 767 fig.

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294). No hieroglyphs were here to be seen. On the north two … of several candles he copied some of them and in due time sub-

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The Oasis of Siwah … by inscriptions of the fourth century B.C. On one side of the naos … Rohlfs also discovered in the thickness of the inner long wall … About a furlong to the south of Agermi Rohlfs detected the

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decorated with the winged solar disk and a few lengths of dentils … that of the Phrygian Zeus Sctbdzios. … Phrygian type, probably that of some famous cult-image3. The

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name of Sabdzzos1 or Zeus Sabdzios2", and sometimes represent … god wears a Phrygian cap and raises both hands in the attitude of the benedictio Latina.

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on the ram's head (pi. xxvii)1. The persistence of the ram as a … some rhetorical embellishment in the pages of Clement and other … (to a scale of f-) in the Nationalmuseet at Copenhagen. In the centre stands Sabdzios … attributes etc., including the thunderbolt and eagle of Zeus. All these are placed in a

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not be appeased till Zeus came before her in a mood of mock- … Hence too the practice of those who were initiated into the rites … the aetiological myth of the Sabdzios-c\i\t. The devotees of the … 2 Farnell Cults of Gk. States iii. 300 f. (of the PdWot): ' Even the self-mutilation … (assimilation to the Amazonian goddess). Nor can we lay stress on the view of the

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fertilising powers of their goddess by thus thrusting upon her their … of the Phrygian rite. Sabdsios-mystics referred their action to the … possibly of phallic form, erected over them : this I infer from Hesych. daXafiat • o-r^Xat … parallel from the legend of Ahalya in the Rdmdyanam : ' It is said in this passage that … It is obvious that such passages would lend themselves indifferently to two opposite

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conviction that the initiate actually posed as the divine consort of … this I should prefer—we must assume that in course of time, … that characterised him in the eyes of the multitude. Agreeably … the venerable form of the earth-mother, from whom they were alike

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two distinct and clearly correlated personalities1,' ' pre-Homeric … not two, the earth-mother rather than the corn-mother and corn- … was of more importance than the god, being duplicated for the … 4 Dr F. B. Jevons in his able book An Introduction to the History of Religion London … stately and beautiful figures of Greek mythology, grew out of the same simple beliefs … to a human figure in a cloak, with arms outstretched____In some of them the neck is

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venturing to expound the true inwards of the Sabdzios-my stents, … knot, which is symbolised by the caduceus of Hermes. Rhea bore … in a mirror. In his efforts to escape he took the forms of a … 3 Hesych. s.v. Zctypetfs, et. mag. p. 406, 46 f. For a full collection of authorities see … menagerie was simultaneous, not successive, in the case of the Orphic Phanes, who com-

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With the details of this myth and their ritual implications we are … offspring of Kore duplicated the tauriform Zeus. … once more the Dionysiac character of his cult. For we have … 2 This made it easy for the systematisers to identify Dionysos, son of Zeus by … 3 Farnell Cults of Gk States v. 185, Eisele in Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 261 f.

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with two grape-bunches and a plough1. Moreover, the name … the hill Zilmissos there was a circular hypaethral temple of Sol … was the Phrygian counterpart of Men the moon-god, with whom he was certainly brought … ixeaais rats rod 2a/3a£toi' reXerats). But Eisele loc. cit. p. 255 views the solar aspect of

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sets of tribes had relatives among … that in Crete the ram gave place to other animals of a like … eo universa patefiunt. Perhaps we may compare the story of Perdikkas in Hdt. 8. 137 f. … Stud. 1897 xvii. 372 ff- ('Crete the Meeting-point of Thraco-Phrygian and Libyan

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The well-known fragment of Euripides' Cretans1 suffices to prove … time immemorial. Silver coins of Priansos in Crete from c. 430 B.C. … Gortyna between 66 and 31 B.C., belong to the large series of … Gr. Myth. Bel. p. 1388 n. 8 thinks that this use of rirvpos came to Sparta from Crete. … 4 P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 162 pi. 9, 5. … 8 The examples of a 'Minoan' snake-goddess are listed by H. Prinz in the Ath. Mitth.

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snake creeps out, and on its reverse two snakes twisted together … iii. The Golden or Purple Ram of the Etruscans and … Coins of Ancient Sicily London 1903 p. 86 pi. 6, 5, Head Hist, num.2 p. 169. I figure … Cp. also denarii of C. Memmius c. 60 B.C., on which Ceres appears enthroned with three … Westermann) the statement that sheep have wool of a golden colour.

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Virgil in his famous fourth Eclogue, anticipating the dawn of a … that wood, all along the banks of the river that flows past, with its lower waters … midday has assuaged the heat of the sun, and the cattle have settled down to … and then, when the sheep have passed from their first fury and are relieved of … the way of health, though her sickness was unto death. She did not fail to put … sheep with golden fleece as 'the flocks of the Sun4.' And he is

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The Golden or Purple Lamb of Atreus 405 … in that way, and asserted in the hearing of the multitude that the man who had … borne witness to the avarice of Thyestes, Atreus received the kingdom and … come down to us with the usual number of slight variations5, … Or. 995 ff.) or Pan (Eur. El. 700 ff.); or was found in the flocks of Atreus through the … politic. 268 e—269 a). The myth is sometimes combined with that of Thyestes' feast … makes him sacrifice to Artemis the flesh of the golden lamb born in his flocks, but save

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4-o6 The Golden or Purple Lamb of Atreus … A thing of sanctity shut in by stone'2. … Schneidewin's opinion that Tzetzes is importing into the story of Atreus a statement that … 3 Herodoros of Herakleia frag. 61 {Frag. hist. Gr. ii. 41 Muller) ap. Athen. 231 C

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The Golden or Purple Lamb of Atreus 407 … ' We come to the grave of Thyestes on the right. Over the grave is the … A little further on he speaks of Thyestes' tomb as 'the Rams3' … Note that a ram's head was a frequent design on thrones, e.g. that of Zeus on the … a ram's head by the mouth of the pit (Furtwangler—Reichhold Gr. Vasenmalerei i. 300 … sanctuary of Amphiaraos near Oropos enquirers slew a ram and likewise slept on its skin

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4_o8 The Golden or Purple Lamb of Atreus … sacrifice: the wheel at his feet is a short-hand indication of the … helped by a couple of wreathed attendants, is about to sacrifice … two spears and a shield ; he too is wreathed and sits upon his

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The Cattle of the Sun 409 … In the myth of Atreus possession of the golden lamb and … of the myth, not its primary meaning. … of cattle both great and small. He had seven herds of oxen and … 3 Diod. 4. 73. On the Argive identification of Apollon Kdrneios with Zeus see supra … Later rationalists explained away the golden lamb and the reversal of the sun's course

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4io The Cattle of the Sun … way the oxen of the Sun-god, which the giant Alkyoneus drove … And fields of the Sun that brings delight to men, … 7 Pind. Isth. 5 (6). 32 f., schol. ad loc. On the myth of Alkyoneus with the cattle of

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The Cattle of the Sun 411 … sixty of the sheep. He, when he saw what had happened, kept his counsel and … were given them both at Dodona and at Delphoi, when they enquired of the … strict silence about the matter, and entrusted the management of it to certain … terms of the oracle, made the following choice : if they would give him fields … the Apolloniates hereby pay you this as a penalty for the blinding of your eyes, … The story of Euenios, who kept the sheep of the Sun-god in a

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year 500 B.C., the inhabitants of Apollonia jealously guarded a … Hahn at Kapessovo, a village in the district of Zagori to the north- … he died, he divided his substance among his sons. The two elder sons lived a … and cried : " Open, Tartara Martara of the earth2! " Thereupon the door flew

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open of itself ; and, after they had gone through many more chambers, they … ' Which of these ducks is the princess ?' But I will turn my head round and … their lives, and it will be the death of you too." " I stand by my word, sir … "No," cried he, "say: Open, Tartara Martara of the earth!" The king did … which of them all is my daughter, then you shall have her to wife." And … the deepest part of Hades (B. Schmidt -Das Volksleben der Neugriechen i. 235 citing

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414 The Golden or Purple Ram of Phrixos … A comparison of the myth, localised at Argos, dated in the reign … the latter. In particular, the whole episode of Danae and Perseus … connexion in another folk-tale from the same village of Kapessovo2. … i. 102 ff. The princess, her child, and the Half-man, who is suspected of being its father,

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The Golden or Purple Ram of Phrixos 415 … of their danger. They fled with the ram. Helle, in crossing the … Gorgopis, and Pherekydes of Leros Themisto2. More popular, … in several versions of the myth (as first wife in Herodoros ap. schol. Ap. Rhod. 2. 1144, … the same version. Eudok. viol. 954 blends this with the Sophoclean form of the myth.

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4i6 The Golden or Purple Ram of Phrixos … pontos after her. Phrixos came to the Kolchoi, whose king was Aietes, son of … wolves dividing sheep among themselves: they, when they caught sight of him, … salian tribe, of whom Athamas was the eponymous king, had

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The Golden or Purple Ram of Phrixos 417 … But, without attempting to determine the ethnology of this … when she was on the point of being sacrificed to Artemis at … ram was the sacred animal—whatever that implies—of Zeus La- … ram with the golden fleece8. The commonly received version of … 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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4i 8 The Golden or Purple Ram of Phrixos … practice arose the myth of the golden fleece2.' … (liyg. poet. astr. 2. 20). The ram was the offspring of Poseidon and Theophane (Hyg. … oracle that he would perish as soon as strangers landed and carried off the skin of Krios, … W. Ridgeway The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards Cambridge 1892

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The Golden or Purple Ram of Phrixos 419 … suspicion, and they must be accepted as a record of the belief that … development of the myth. Thus the analogy between Helle, who … the army of Liber, when perishing of thirst in Africa, to the spring of Iupiter Mammon. … the boiling of Pelops in a caldron. Again, ij Qeris els Xe^-qra vdaros ^eovra evefiaXe tovs

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But, if the myth of the golden lamb and that of the golden ram … Magnesia. On the summit of this mountain there was a sanctuary … Jendal on the east slope of Mt Hermon runs : virkp cruTrjpias avTOKpdropos | Tpa'Cavov … a survival of human sacrifice: C. Fossey in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1895 xix. 303—306 … used to support the conclusions of Mr F. M. Cornford, who detects in the Pelops-myth … 1 Append. B. A possible parallel to this rite in the Naxian cult of Zeus M^Aaxnos … himself to rain (Frazer Golden Bough* : The Magic Art i. 260 f., 269 f.) and the use of

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sun, it is easy to see why the procession made the ascent of the … sold on the sixteenth day of the month Artemision by sundry … tuary of Artemis Mounichia* and to the shrines of Hekate at the … sun-rise and the sky lit with a two-fold illumination6. Apollodoros … priest as first-fruits of the earth in the 'AproK\aaia of the Orthodox Greek Church.

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The Fleece of Zeus … we are thus enabled to complete the correspondence of the Attic … with a procession. The skins of Artemis with a mimicry of bears, … On this showing the saffron robes of Artemis' devotees would … of Zeus. … was done towards the close of the month Maimakteridn, the victim … especially Fai-nell Cults of Gk. States ii. 4346°. See also Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 942

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The Fleece of Zeus … kept and used by those who marshalled the procession of the … from that of the Athenians5. … hydria in the Lambert collection (fig. 305)6 shows a scene of initia- … statement [Proleg. Gk. Rel.2 p. 24) : ' this fleece was by no means confined to the ritual of … cLTroSioTroiJLwelv [supra p. 422 n. 7), 'to send away evil by means of the Zeus-fleece': see

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The Fleece of Zeus … for libations in the Eleusinian ritual1); before him are two others … design. A nude youth, wearing a string of amulets, kneels upon

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The Fleece of Zeus … (fig. 307)8. In the other panel we have the purification of Herakles. … My friend and colleague Prof. R. H. Kennett The Co?nposiiion of the Book of Isaiah

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The Fleece of Zeus … and left (figs. 3084, 309). They also combine the two panels in a … Diet. Ant. i. 1070 fig. 1311 perpetuate Campana's error. The lower part of Kore belongs … 4 Here again the best specimen in terra-cotta, that of the Museo delle Terme no. 4357 … at Naples (Guida del Mus. Napoli p. 167 no. 568), of post-Augustan date, perhaps part

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The Fleece of Zeus 427 … types of the Eleusinian triad (Demeter, Kore, Iakchos) designed … The vertical plume of wheat-ears worn by Demeter resembles the head-dress of Isis; and

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The Significance of the Ram 429 … with Zeus. Rather it was the principal beast of a pastoral popu- … vernal equinox, but on its right side during the other half of the year (Ail. de nat. an. … amatory propensities of the creature see Aristot. hist. an. 6. 19. 573 b 17 ff., Varr. rer. rust. … been enamoured of Glauke a Chian citharist (Theophr. ap. schol. Theokr. 4. 3r, … wide-spread use of the ram as a decoration of tombs in general (Frazer Pausanias iii. 187). … 3. 687 ff.), still gushes out through an old ram's head of marble and as of yore is believed … Hence the ram was associated with the deities of generation, Hermes, Aphrodite, … et Pomp, viii Musee Secret p. 1976°. pi. 46) and a bronze statuette of the pantheistic

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manifestation of Zeus. Theriomorphic epiphanies of this god are … to the bull. There is indeed a curious parallelism between the two … occurs repeatedly on monuments of the continental Celts [id. Bronzes Figure's p. 195 ff.). … 3 O. Schrader Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples trans. F. B. Jevons London … manifestation of Zeus. Theriomorphic epiphanies of this god are … to the bull. There is indeed a curious parallelism between the two … occurs repeatedly on monuments of the continental Celts [id. Bronzes Figure's p. 195 ff.). … 3 O. Schrader Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples trans. F. B. Jevons London

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were readily fused with those of surrounding foreigners. … was the biggest of bulls : he was jet-black, for exposure to the sun … Of myths connected with him we know little. Indeed, Ammianus … of a persea-tree, where Mnevis gored him to death. Bokchoris … 8 Id. id. pi. 55, 3. On Greek and Roman representations of Mnevis see W. Drexler

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the hatred of the Egyptians. And—to conclude in the words of … marks4, of which a few are reported by classical authors. Thus … of Apis10. And Porphyrios explains … the gibbous signs11. Others say that the most important mark of all … 2 Drawn from a bronze statuette in the possession of Mr F. W. Green. Total height … 6 For XevKov rerpayiopov of the MSS. we should read, with Stein, \evKov tl TpLywvov. … 7 For eirl de t% yXtbcra-rj Kavdapov of the MSS. we should read, with Jablonski and Stein, … that a cow's tail waxes and wanes with the moon : cp. supra p. 429 n. 3 of the ram.

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Apis was the calf of a cow not suffered again to conceive off- … scribes with hereditary knowledge of the requisite signs came to … a gilded cabin and conveyed as a god to the precinct of Hephaistos … tained another stall for his mother. The shrine of Apis stood … 10 Strab. 807. A description of the court-yard built for Apis by Psammetichos is given

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He had also a seraglio of fine cows1. Once a year a cow, distin- … and the crocodiles of the river harmed no one till noon on the day … meant that Germanicus was a doomed man7. Apis had two chapels … the mathematician ap. Plin. nat. hisf. 5. 55, Phiala was the source of the Nile. … is indecisive. On the Apis-tombs of the "Lapainov (Strab. 807) of Sakkara see A. Mariette

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death3. So the cult of Apis went on from the days of Menes … African! '9 He was regarded as lord of the underworld, an … of those who assert that Apis, if we could but recover the Egyptian … Kaiechos of the second dynasty, according to Manethon (supra p. 431 n. 4). … 4 Apis was also compared with Horos, whom the Egyptians deemed the cause of good … ' second life of Ptah ' (E. A. Wallis Budge The Gods of the Egyptians ii. 350).

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that is seen between the horns of Apis in extant Egyptian repre- … At Hermonthis, eight miles to the south-west of Thebes, Strabon … the town of Hermunthis they worship a bull, which is consecrated … opposite way to those of all other beasts, so that it is regarded as … by L. Jan ad loc. with the help of Macrob. comm. in somn. Scip. 18 as an allusion to the … of one Thaesis be sent to Hermonthis and there deposited ds rb Bovxiv ( = Bovxeioy) \

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styled the "living soul of Ra,"...and the "bull of the Mountain of … He tells us, however, that this bull was the largest of bulls, that its … Herodotos, the first student of comparative religion, boldly … Real-Enc. ii. 2802 f. Coins of the Hermonthite nome show the bull Bakis butting; or, … 10 See e.g. Plout. de Is. et Os. 35 with the judicious remarks of P. D. Scott-Moncrieff … styled the "living soul of Ra,"...and the "bull of the Mountain of … He tells us, however, that this bull was the largest of bulls, that its … Herodotos, the first student of comparative religion, boldly … Real-Enc. ii. 2802 f. Coins of the Hermonthite nome show the bull Bakis butting; or, … 10 See e.g. Plout. de Is. et Os. 35 with the judicious remarks of P. D. Scott-Moncrieff

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borrowed2 from that of the Egyptian bull Bakha%. The name … Less problematic is another and a better-known case—that of … Io was doorkeeper of Hera's Fane. … Cho. He took the likeness of a leaping bull. … 2 The loan would be facilitated not only by the bovine form of the god and his … 5 Farnell Cults of Gk. States v. 300 n. 73. 6 Cp. Gruppe loc. cit.

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King. What all-seeing herdman of one heifer ? Say. … King. 'Tis called the "breese" by neighbours of the Nile. … Cho. Libya that holds a wide extent of earth. … King. In truth ye seem to me to be of kin … slays Argos. Hera, as a last resource, drives the cow by means of … Not so we. Aischylos' plot is obviously put together out of … struction of an earlier version.

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doros1, who in his great 'Library' of Greek myths has preserved, … make her a present of the cow and stationed Argos Panoptes as its … figured amphora of the Coghill collection (Overbeck op. cit. … 279 f.), a green jasper of which a replica in paste was in the … 7 Two other birds were brought into connexion with the myth. (1) lynx the 'wry- … 2. 89) or decorated the tail of her peacock with his eyes (Ov. met. 1. 722 f.), or the … Boetticher Baumkultus fig. 35 and the peacocks kept in the temple of Hera at Samos … At the Argive Heraion Hadrian dedicated a peacock of gold and shining stones (Paus. 2.

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human form and gave birth to Epaphos on the banks of the Nile. … Zeus, and whether the colour of the said cow was white or black or … class of priests called 'cow-herds5.' Their name presupposes that … officials in the service of Dionysos. Their name refers to the bovine form under which … human form and gave birth to Epaphos on the banks of the Nile. … Zeus, and whether the colour of the said cow was white or black or … class of priests called 'cow-herds5.' Their name presupposes that … officials in the service of Dionysos. Their name refers to the bovine form under which

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sanctuary of Artemis Polo, 'the Colt,' constructed c. 200—150 B.C., … existence of human (36e$ from that of the priestly [3ovk6Xoi. See also infra ch. i § 6 (g) … 7rcoXos as a priestess or attendant of the goddesses.

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who were initiated into the leontikd or ' leonine' mysteries of … Dodona were by many of the ancients held to be priestesses.2. The … attended by a corax, a Perses, a miles, and a leo : the first and the last of these wear … who chattered like doves; Strabon remarks that in the language of the Molottians and … eao"r}vevaas ayv&s /cat eucre/3tDs, cp. E. L. Hicks The Collection of Ancient Greek Inscrip-

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the chief-priestesses of the Great Mother (Kybele) were still being … strictly signifies ' cow-eyed, cow-faced, of cowlike aspect,' had … occupies the second half of the hexameter line, and is in fact a tag … of the first century b.c. and in the beginning of the first century a.d. (Pauly—Wissowa … of Helios is 'Evpvcpdeacra j3ou>iri.s. … 7 For the analogous case of deb, yXavnGnn.? 'Adrjvrj see infra ch. ii § 9 (h) ii (X). … the chief-priestesses of the Great Mother (Kybele) were still being … strictly signifies ' cow-eyed, cow-faced, of cowlike aspect,' had … occupies the second half of the hexameter line, and is in fact a tag … of the first century b.c. and in the beginning of the first century a.d. (Pauly—Wissowa … of Helios is 'Evpvcpdeacra j3ou>iri.s. … 7 For the analogous case of deb, yXavnGnn.? 'Adrjvrj see infra ch. ii § 9 (h) ii (X).

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post with a pair of cow's horns attached near the top of it. Hera, … of Hera6, and that the ground about the Heraion, the district … on the summit10,' were two cult-titles of Hera in the Argolid, and … coins of Lappa (J. N. Svoronos Numismatiqtte de la Crete ancienite Macon 1890 i. 211 f. … 1 W. Robertson Smith Lectures on the Religion of the Semites'2 London 1907 p. 310, … 6 Plout. symp. 3. 9. 2 makes Eu/3ota the sole nurse of Hera, cp. et. mag. p. 388, 54 ff. … 10 Paus. 2. 24. 1 states that on the way up to the akropolis of Argos there was a

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considered a copy of this relief1. An ancient glass-paste, however, … with a basket of fruit and a couple of snakes. Before the temple

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souls of the two lads. On the right we see them reunited to their … Another celebrated example of euthanasia, coupled with this … of course made capital of such stories. But to the dry critic there … Phoibos Apollon himself laid the foundations of his Pythian fane … to my ear very much the sound of a foundation-sacrifice, such as … relate the Story, that the two Brothers finding the Oxen did not draw the Chariot fast … 6 Unless priority can be claimed for the Telegonia of Eugammon (Epic. Gr.frag. i. 57 … souls of the two lads. On the right we see them reunited to their … Another celebrated example of euthanasia, coupled with this … of course made capital of such stories. But to the dry critic there … Phoibos Apollon himself laid the foundations of his Pythian fane … to my ear very much the sound of a foundation-sacrifice, such as … relate the Story, that the two Brothers finding the Oxen did not draw the Chariot fast … 6 Unless priority can be claimed for the Telegonia of Eugammon (Epic. Gr.frag. i. 57

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peaceful end of Kleobis and Biton. But we need not pursue the … fice9, the Argive festival of the hundred oxen10, the white steers … goddess into a cow, we should recognise an attendant of the animal … logographer of Argos in Boiotia, who lived in the second half of … 13 Is this the ultimate significance of Kleobis and Biton acting as oxen to draw the car … peaceful end of Kleobis and Biton. But we need not pursue the … fice9, the Argive festival of the hundred oxen10, the white steers … goddess into a cow, we should recognise an attendant of the animal … logographer of Argos in Boiotia, who lived in the second half of … 13 Is this the ultimate significance of Kleobis and Biton acting as oxen to draw the car

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said, 'because they made light of Hera's wooden statue1.' Phere- … he received a reward worthy of his cure. For the disease had now lasted ten … The Latin commentators explain that the daughters of Proitos … and used it for their own purposes10. In consequence of this … thinks that the Proitides contrasted their own beauty with the ugliness of Hera's

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Melampous cured them and married one of them, receiving along … a hypostasis or by-form of Hera6. This somewhat vague and … 85, 2. 68. Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 3. 453 speaks of actual metamorphosis: Iuno in … girls were the /36es of Hera just as Athenian girls were the apuroi of Artemis. … J. Scaliger's correction of the last word to ' Upas (ii> "Apyei "Upas Knaack) has won … Melampous cured them and married one of them, receiving along … a hypostasis or by-form of Hera6. This somewhat vague and … 85, 2. 68. Lact. Plac. in Stat. Theb. 3. 453 speaks of actual metamorphosis: Iuno in … girls were the /36es of Hera just as Athenian girls were the apuroi of Artemis. … J. Scaliger's correction of the last word to ' Upas (ii> "Apyei "Upas Knaack) has won

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described in all our sources as the priestess of Hera, never as a … a state of affairs best explained on the assumption that the deity … eavrovs 'Apyeioou Traides ev eoprrf tlvl ■naifavTes airoKakovuiv k.t.X. The same form of the … original name. Combining the fragment of Plutarch with that of the Phoronis, he argues … identification of Io with Astarte also is noted).

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Hera was a patron of women, marriage, child-birth, etc.; and … wanderings of Io were perhaps compared with the apparently … factory nature of these arguments is pointed out by Farnell Cults of Gk. States i. 180 f. … Maximus irepi Karapx&v 50 Keparjs ravpibirLbos and 509 TavpQnris avaaaa of the moon. … In Loukian. philops. 14 the moon brought down by magic appears first in the form of a … 8 Paus. 6. 24. 6 saw in the market-place of Elis stone statues of Helios and Selene,

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the lion came to be called the offspring of the Moon3. These … The ancient systematisers of mythology recognized a variety of … which has preserved for us the regulations of the iobakchoi, an … Selene to help her. Selene, using magic spells, filled a basket with foam, out of which a … ei're 'ZeXrjvrj tis XeyotTo et're TLepae^burj ; G. Dindorf prints 2ejxeXr], the emendation of … <rcpaXX6[xevoL 8cbpoi<ji xopoifiaveos 'Io[3aKxov. That the l6f3aKxoi acted the part of 'I6(3<xkxos, … the lion came to be called the offspring of the Moon3. These … The ancient systematisers of mythology recognized a variety of … which has preserved for us the regulations of the iobakchoi, an … Selene to help her. Selene, using magic spells, filled a basket with foam, out of which a … ei're 'ZeXrjvrj tis XeyotTo et're TLepae^burj ; G. Dindorf prints 2ejxeXr], the emendation of … <rcpaXX6[xevoL 8cbpoi<ji xopoifiaveos 'Io[3aKxov. That the l6f3aKxoi acted the part of 'I6(3<xkxos,

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is placed next to that of Dionysos, whose connexion with the bull … exploits with cattle. Being of exceptional strength, he slew a bull … child of Tartaros and Ge, who seized passers by and carried them … 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 … (avdea) of Hera (et. mag. p. 409, 28 ff.). In the reign of Argos, son of Apis, Greece

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And this was no unimportant detail of his myth: Apollonios … hairy bull's hide2.' On the strength of this hide Miss Harrison, … also Panoptes. Kallithyessa, 1 She of the fair sacrifices,' was prob- … that Argos was the god, but that the god Argos arose out of the worshipper.' … couple is the bovine counterpart of the former—witness the bull's hide of Argos, the

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my contention that Argos was akin to Zeus. Hesychios, in one of … Argos. A remarkable confirmation of Hesychios' words has recently … On the all-seeing (panopteu) circle of the sun … mous commentator on the Pkainomena of Aratos remarks that the … the view of those who identify Zeus with the sun7, it is obvious

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that he interprets the title of Zeus Panoptes in a solar sense. … speaks of Zeus urges, 'the brilliant5'; that Hesiod names one of … The author of the Hesiodic poem Aigimios associated the story … Cow's Crib on the east shore of Euboia, adding that Io was said to … Euboia argiboios™', " the land of white cattle." Argonra in Euboia, … analogous to that of the Argolid15. … 15 On the relation of the Euboean to the Argive myth see Gruppe Gr, Myth. Rel.

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was the one made by Daidalos, a building which by means of intricate windings … the fields, but even the walls of the Cretans. Herakles, … redounded to the glory of Herakles, drove the bull into Attike, where it was … two types of Greek tales, represented respectively by the golden … The golden lamb found among the flocks of Atreus and the … a dedication by the township of Marathon on the akropolis at Athens (Paus. 1. 27. 10 with … was the one made by Daidalos, a building which by means of intricate windings … the fields, but even the walls of the Cretans. Herakles, … redounded to the glory of Herakles, drove the bull into Attike, where it was … two types of Greek tales, represented respectively by the golden … The golden lamb found among the flocks of Atreus and the … a dedication by the township of Marathon on the akropolis at Athens (Paus. 1. 27. 10 with

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I would venture to offer the same explanation of the dazzling … man of bronze, about whom we shall have more to say5, was by some … changed the site of his city, he led the way in the likeness of a … The cow went before him to the hill of the Phrygian Ate and there … wherever he saw one of his cows fall : one of them leapt away, and … pi. 23)? On the Cretan Zeus as a sort of Adonis see supra p. i 57 n. 3.

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he followed it till it bent its legs and fell down on the site of Ilion1. … If the brilliant bull in the herd of king Minos had thus come to … 4 Cp. the /3ov(p6via at Athens (infra ch. ii § 9 (h) ii), the sacrifice of a calf dressed in … The first part of the story implies the custom of preserving the dead in honey … Rel. p. 816 n. 5). Glaukos' pursuit of the 'fly' … he followed it till it bent its legs and fell down on the site of Ilion1. … If the brilliant bull in the herd of king Minos had thus come to … 4 Cp. the /3ov(p6via at Athens (infra ch. ii § 9 (h) ii), the sacrifice of a calf dressed in … The first part of the story implies the custom of preserving the dead in honey … Rel. p. 816 n. 5). Glaukos' pursuit of the 'fly'

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that the man who could offer the best similitude for the colour of this cow … to the oracle, began to enquire of his people what this portent might be. They … at a loss to do so, Polyidos, son of Koiranos, showed3 that it was like a … bears him out4), the task set to test the powers of the seer was, not … tion of the moon's spots is that they are a thorn-bush carried by

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The Sacred Cattle of Gortyna 471 … isle; but the coloration is here a matter of Ionian technique, not of … hazards the suggestion that we should read oIkigtt}v and explain it of an eponymous … Soping a comparison with the first element in Carthago and the story of the bull's hide … I would rather suppose a connexion with ra Kapraiiroda, which occurs in the laws of … Pindar of 'a bull' (Pind. 01. 13. 81 K.apTalirob'' with schol. ad loc. Kapraiiroda top raupop. … The Sacred Cattle of Gortyna 471 … isle; but the coloration is here a matter of Ionian technique, not of … hazards the suggestion that we should read oIkigtt}v and explain it of an eponymous … Soping a comparison with the first element in Carthago and the story of the bull's hide … I would rather suppose a connexion with ra Kapraiiroda, which occurs in the laws of … Pindar of 'a bull' (Pind. 01. 13. 81 K.apTalirob'' with schol. ad loc. Kapraiiroda top raupop.

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herds of cattle belonging to the sun used to be kept at Gortyna1; … Bronze coins of Gortyna show Zeus as a bull … keeping of the Minotaur7. Diodoros8 and Pliny9 state that it was … buildings, erected by the greatest pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty, … 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. … the shrine of a holy tree (W. M. Flinders Petrie in Records of the Past 1911 x. 303—315 … herds of cattle belonging to the sun used to be kept at Gortyna1; … Bronze coins of Gortyna show Zeus as a bull … keeping of the Minotaur7. Diodoros8 and Pliny9 state that it was … buildings, erected by the greatest pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty, … 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. … the shrine of a holy tree (W. M. Flinders Petrie in Records of the Past 1911 x. 303—315

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Herodotos speaks of its twelve courts as a memorial of the dodec- … on matters of importance2.' . Diodoros thinks it the 'tomb' of the … interpretations are put upon the construction of this edifice.

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claim the support not only of such writers as Diodoros and Pliny, … of palace is not necessarily to assert that such was its original … of the colonnade a broad band decorated with swastika-patterns … 1 Diod. 1. 61, 1. 97, Plin. not. hist. 36. 84—86. The earliest writer that speaks of … (2) C. Torr Harroiv School Museum. Catalogue of the classical atttiquities from the

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the more important becomes this particular feature of it2. On … the anta of a wall and that its patterns are mere filling, though he admits that ' An … Labyrinth, greeted by Athena in the presence of three other figures: the inscription

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accompanied by a ground-plan of the scene. He finds a parallel … O. Benndorf3 recognised soldiers engaged in the game of 'Troy' … The same result is reached on Cretan soil. Coins of Knossos … 1890 cxxiii. 3. Helbig loc. cit. p. 67 had already thought of the same explanation.

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circular (fig. 343) but retains at least a trace of its original form to … Labyrinth-design was already familiar to the Cnossians of the … 1 Cp. Roman mosaics, which represent the slaying of the Minotaur within a large

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The swastika as a representation of the Labyrinth can perhaps … the Phoenician letter mem on autonomous coppers of Gaza … is something like a consensus in favour of the view that it was a … the flooring-of continental churches (infra p. 485 f.). … 6 To the bibliography of the sxvastika given by T. Wilson (supra p. 337 n. 1) add

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by Sir Arthur Evans, at least was not the whole of that palace, but … of the Cnossian palace. This space, discovered by Sir Arthur … east-and-west oblong of 12*94 by 9'^9 metres enclosed by two … 3 I have here combined a plan of the ' Theatral Area' (based on that of A. J. Evans

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peculiar form of its theatre was a heritage from early times. … out to me that even in Roman times the orchestra of the theatre at … in 1194 A.D., tells his old friend the prior of Hildesheim how … 2 On the TeTpaywvos %op6s of tragic, comic, and satyric plays, and its relation to the … 4 I have discussed a 'Minoan' precursor of the Kop5a£ in Journ. Hell. Stud. 1894

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charmed he had been to find at Taormina the Labyrinth of the … Labyrinth by means of Ariadne's clew, with the youths and … danced together, that Sophokles had alluded to ' the dances of … his Life of Theseus* writes: … 2 Sir Arthur Evans loc. cit. p. 111 concludes 'that this first of theatres, the Stepped … Daidalos, and that the close relation of this dancing-ground to the palace at Knossos … fiwixbv eyeipo/j.evov KidapLcrfiov \ kijkXiov (hpxwavTo k.t.X. On the kratdr of Klitias and

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round the keraton1 altar, so named because it consists of horns ikerata) all taken … back are three cranes visible against the foliage of the willow. The inscription above is … (Rosmerta?) standing on either side of an altar. A small animal (goat? ram?) is be- … Trigaranus), who slew Cacus the thief of Geryones' oxen. … /3wlu6s of Delos as one of the seven wonders of the world (so anon, de incred. 2, Mart. … vads, the centre of which forms a sunk oblong space. This is separated from the third … metres in length, which runs along the northern side of the precinct, has its triglyphs

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former existence of a labyrinthine dance in Asia Minor. It may, … the humped bull within the Labyrinth on coins of the „. … neath the feet of Apollon on the later tetradrachms (fig. 348)11 … that the TpwiKov irr)8r]p,a of Neoptolemos at Delphoi (Eur. Andr. 1139) may stand in some … Here at least is a bona fide piece of folk-lore. … god, his swastika being re-interpreted as the sinuous line of the river. … Prof. R. C Bosanquet draws my attention to the fact that in the temple of Apollon … 12 The Labyrinths of the Kyklopes in the caves near Nauplia (Strab. 369 i(pe^i}s 5£

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from the literary allusions to the game of … other mosaics a Labyrinth, the centre of … of gold and pearls, in which was a Minotaur of emerald holding a

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known man wearing a Labyrinth of the sort on his breast1. A small … of S. Michele at Pavia (s. xi), at Aix in Provence, on the walls … of grey and white marble, decorates the middle of the nave in … propalare. I am indebted for this and for several of the following references to a … 1 F. R. Earp A descriptive Catalogtie of the Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum … quivit qui fuit intus, | ni Theseus gratis Adriane (sic) stamine iutus. The facade of the

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adorned with a representation of Theseus and the Minotaur. Such … But new uses were found for the old design. Towards the close of … Later the same Labyrinths were used as a means of penance for … of Lucca cathedral. After the Reformation ecclesiastical mazes … 2 E.g. there is one inside the west door of Ely cathedral; but it is of quite recent

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'The lovers of antiquity, especially of the inferior class, always speak of … three years about the time of Easter3.' … 1 J. Aubrey Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey v. 80, cp. Remaines of … 3 T. Wright The History and Topography of the County of Essex London 1835

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Roman lineage of these turf-mazes; for in England they are … name with that of lulus4! … 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 … Dmtaulande Strassburg 1908 pi. 1} and so furnish the prototype of this design.

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Vier, a small uninhabited island in the Gulf of Finland (fig. 353)2. … east of Russia, and Iceland rough mazes of unknown antiquity exist, … endorsing his conclusions as to the precise character of the rite involved. He holds that … myth, in which the solar heroine (Freya, Brunhild, etc.) was freed from the prison of … p. 41 ff.) that the whole story of the Trojan War presupposes this northern myth, with … circles of the neolithic age.

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of Daidalos with the paltry representations of it to be seen in … maze was pressed into the service of the church, while in western … Further, it can hardly be accidental that the distribution of … two conclusions. On the one hand, in Cretan myth the sun was … designed to illustrate the distribution of Dolmens, and probable lines of the migrations of … of Daidalos with the paltry representations of it to be seen in … maze was pressed into the service of the church, while in western … Further, it can hardly be accidental that the distribution of … two conclusions. On the one hand, in Cretan myth the sun was … designed to illustrate the distribution of Dolmens, and probable lines of the migrations of

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That, if I mistake not, is the true explanation of Pasiphae's child, … why every ninth year he required a tale of human victims3, are … Dr J. G. Frazer4, after discussing the dance of the youths and … how often with the decay of old faiths the serious rites and pageants of grown … confirmation of this view that on coins of Cnossus the sun or a star appears in … that, since the Cretans conceived of the sun as a bull, Minos as sun-king wore a bull- … of the solar bull. See also G. Murray The Rise of the Greek Epic2 Oxford 1911 … 5 I had almost completed my own account of the Labyrinth before reading Dr Frazer's

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the middle of the Labyrinth, the place which on other coins is occupied by the … the crown of Theseus or Ariadne was originally a flowery crown … former as 'dark with roses2'; Timachidas, of the latter as made … forget that a shining crown of some sort was connected with the

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collection3, shows Theseus slaying him in the presence of Ariadne, … 546 ff., 40. 284.ff. (Asterios, son of Minos by Androgeneia). … spots, mostly T-shaped, of white), Brit. Mus. Cat. Vases ii. 105 no. B 148 (black-figured

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him with eyes like those of Argos, another bovine personage (fig. … a row of dots, which may or may not be meant for stars2. … Walters in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Vases iii. 73 notes: ' the mask of the Minotaur is edged

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appears in the centre of four unmistakeable stars, which are hardly … plaining the title Aste'rios, Asterwn as 'god of all the Celestial Lights.'

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akimbo (pi. xxx)1, has possibly preserved a reminiscence of such … speaking of the Egyptian Labyrinth built by king Mendes or … terror into others.' The researches of Messieurs Maspero and … 1 Brit. Mus. Cat. Vases ii. 179 no. B 308. Cp. the impression of an Elamite cylinder … misses it as ' a mere ^etiological myth to explain the Odyssean story of Proteus.'

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Few features of the 'Minoan' civilisation are more striking … Its earliest form was the capture of a bull by one or more unarmed … for the utmost nerve and dexterity. It comprised various feats, of … of bull-baiting is found in the Thessalian taurokathdpsia4-. The … 2 Two terra-cotta figures of the ' Early Minoan' period found by Xanthoudides at … With these may be compared the capture of the big bull by a posse of men in Lanzone … 4 The literary and monumental evidence of the TavpoK<xda\pt.a is collected by J. Baunack … Fifth-century coins of Larissa have obv. … Thessaly etc. p. 25 ff. pis. 4, 12 f., 5, 1—4). Since a fourth-century drachm of the same

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athlete is on foot and the bull is not killed. If the two are related … fights of Spain and France. … universally1—regarded as a rite in the cult of Poseidon2. But so … appanage of Poseidon, we could not … feat associated with the Labyrinth. In point of fact, we do so … Zeus "Ekevdepios; but E. Cahen justly remarks that it is only one item of an extensive … 3 Nilsson Gr. Feste p. 80 f. Farnell Cults of Gk. States iv. 25 : 'We have the evidence

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represents an athlete in the act of turning his somersault over … of the Minotaur on the vases already discussed (figs. 329—331). … of the bull-grasper. Iason and Herakles seizing the bull by the … In any case it seems probable that the religious value of the … that of Knossos.

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(fig. 362)1, which represents a man grasping by the horn a couple of … of strength4. Any one who grasps the bull's … type of such rites5. On limestone blocks inside a rock-shelter a man … News July 13, 1912 cxli. 56 with 3 figs., H. G. Spearing The Childhood of Art London

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which resided in the horn of the latter should be found in the horn … remarks, it is 'a cow's horn5.' Of countless illustrations I figure

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dainties contained in the cornu copiae of Zeus. Pherekydes, the … contact with the horns of the fertilising bull3. … Thus on coins of Mauretania struck at Siga by … of Zeus stands Hera (Reinach loc. cit. suggests 'Hebe(?)': Welcker Alt. Denkm. iii. … Apollod. 2. 7. 5 (see Jebb's ed. of Soph. Track, p. 3). … harmonists stated that Acheloios' horn was the horn of Amaltheia (Diod. 4. 35, Strab. … 3 For the transference of quality from the horns to that which touches them cp. the … graphy. See also Farnell Cults of Gk. States v. 126.

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in contact with the bull by methods resembling those of the … of Wealth'4; and it will be observed that this … fig. 9, Head Hist, num? p. 888. The obverse of this coin has a bearded male head, … seated to right holding horn between two dancing Maenads), and another black-figured … p. 108 f. compares this lifting of the live bull en route for sacrifice with the exploit of … ; 4 Other examples of the title are collected by O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. ]\Iyth. iii.

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ends his account of the cult as follows : … of Nysa struck by Maximus. Six naked … shared by other cities in the valley of the Maiandros6. I am … of a cavern. These two remarkable coin- … i. 1787, 1800 ff., Farnell Cults of Gk. States iii. 286 pi. 32, a. … in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 1579, iii. 2567, who notes that Nysa was a colony of Sparta

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on to their backs in the presence of an official. We cannot of

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are in any case the successors of the ' Minoan' bull-grapplers. … positions of importance—at the foot of a sacred tree, on the top of … painted white, like the flesh of Europe. For a Dionysiac variation of the scene see … are in any case the successors of the ' Minoan' bull-grapplers. … positions of importance—at the foot of a sacred tree, on the top of … painted white, like the flesh of Europe. For a Dionysiac variation of the scene see

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conventionalised article of ritual furniture derived from the actual … terra-cotta or stone crescents {Mondsichel, Mondbilder, croissants) of … A. Mosso The Datvn of Mediterranean civilisation London 1910 pp. 343—345 .

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the Cretan type of horned altar (fig. 371)1 with one found at Oficio … and west of the Mediterranean basin. If, however, we would … ebb and flow of advanced civilisations. … of the native cattle. He also reported that outside the hut of every … red baked clay with horns painted white and remains of a metal tenon beneath, found at

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as such. These heaps have a pair of bullock's horns stuck into … consequently a pair of ropes (fig. 374). … singular structures and allows me to publish two examples that he … erection is, he says, a form of shrine known as buor made for the … 1 See now his article in J. Hastings Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics Edinburgh

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themselves golonyet, "(men of the) Clan Nyet." At the present day men of … Directly the houses were built Der erected a shrine for the atiep of Anet to … that in his country mud representations of cattle were erected over the graves … by the clansmen among whom the meat is distributed. Small pieces of all the … Shrines of this kind (buor) are found in all the Tain and at least in some of … a cattle rope is hung to this. Among the Tain Dinka the sons of a dead man … and viewed as the abode of a paternal spirit has developed into

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area. Of course in classical times, though the term ' horned altar' … Thus the ritual horns of ' Minoan' art (fig. 37/)2 were stylised … Coins give him the horn of a bull (B?'it. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 3 … 2 Part of relief on a steatite pyxis from Knossos (A. J. Evans in the Journ. Hell. Stud.

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by successive generations of practical folk (figs. 3792, 3803). … this very vase, while the band of chequers lower down, makes it doubtful if the table had … 1 Terra-cotta spit-rests from Thessaly of neolithic date have been described and figured … Thessaly Cambridge 1912 p. 43 fig. 19; pp. 60 f., 73; p. 85. For bronze examples of the … 2 Detail of black-figured pyxis-lid or kylix-hd found at Cuma in 1908 (E. Gabrici in

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architectural akroteria. The climax of magnificence is reached in … servatism retained clearer traces of … Kabeiros of Thessalonike had a horn, which was either planted … 255 ff. pi. 51). Cp. W. Robertson Smith Lectures on the Religion of the Semites'2 London … Cp. the great altar of Demeter at Pergamon (W. Dorpfeld in the Ath. Mitth. … which appears on coppers of the town c. 350—300 B.C. or later (fig. 113 : Brit. Mus. Cat. … 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 … This curious method of obtaining a swarm is often mentioned by … pitched rags, and he is laid on a heap of thyme. The door and … eleventh day clusters of bees will be found, while of the bullock … fact the centre of a vital force, which radiated outwards especially

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thereby himself filled with the life of the divine beast. Moreover, … the Egyptian Book of the Dead … Bahri the relative positions of … to the humbler rite of the buried bull and its resultant swarms. … vasa quis dubitet? Cp. interp. Serv. in Verg. Aen. 4. 219. Varro's etymology is of … 4 E. A. Wallis Budge Facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani2 London 1894 pi. 37, id. The … 5 Mr H. R. Hall points out to me that Mr Somers Clarke {Proceedings of the Society … with Hathor-worship, and the hills as being the cliffs of the same locality.

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To the same cvcle of ideas belongs the Mithraic sacrifice of … 1 Figs- 389 and 390 are the front and back of a Mithraic altar-piece found in 1826 in … the testicles of the bull. A snake would drink from a krater placed below the bull's

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shows four scenes separated by three cypresses : Mithras appearing out of the foliage of … of corn (?) and flowers and fruit in bosom (?) ; on the left below, Winter with covered … person (Iupiter and Giant?). Between Summer and Autumn are two more scenes:

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messenger of the Sun, to slay the great bull that had escaped from … wonders ensued. Fresh forms of life sprang from the body of the … altar of the Mediterranean originated as the shrine of a buried … advancing to seize the branches of a bush, of which the lower part is seen. … various animals—boar, hound, horse (hoof and part of leg visible), sheep (?), hound, … This relief was originally so mounted as to turn about in its three-sided frame on two … yevecriv XeXrjdorcos anotiiov. The parallelism between the procreation of bees from a

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Porphyrios' strange account of the worship at Dumat: … Even more explicit is the divinity of the altar in the cult of certain … is a levelled precinct c. 68 metres square, enclosing the tomb of the … 'To Zeus Mddbachos and to Selamanes, gods of the country5.' … Mddbachos would be the Syrian equivalent of a Greek Zeus Bomos,

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the northern end of Djebel Bdrishd. Here was once a fine Roman … Zeus Bomos, no doubt, was the Grecised form of a Syrian god. … 2 In dealing with aniconic representations of Zeus as a stone we must carefully dis- … inscription TE P M fl N , i>e. Zeus Tepjxwv as the equivalent of Iupiter Terminus (Plout. … at Korkyra (supra p. 164 n. 5) and the bronze pyramids of Iupiter Dolichenus (infra … deities, represented at Tegea by small pyramids surmounting four-sided pillars of Doliana

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 521 … into a variety of distinct forms, to each of which was assigned its … by the vulgar; but it was vital to the progress of religion. … Messene and Lakonike—there was a sanctuary and oracle of … In the east we find omphaloid stones regarded as Zeus: e.g. the omphalos of Zeus … It would seem, then, that the genuinely Greek forms of aniconic Zeus included … Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 521 … into a variety of distinct forms, to each of which was assigned its … by the vulgar; but it was vital to the progress of religion. … Messene and Lakonike—there was a sanctuary and oracle of … In the east we find omphaloid stones regarded as Zeus: e.g. the omphalos of Zeus … It would seem, then, that the genuinely Greek forms of aniconic Zeus included

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522 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … the daughter of Amyklas when fleeing from the embraces of Apollon … sun-god8. We know, at least, that in the territory of the Cnossians, … Pasiphae of Thalamai was a lunar Aphrodite, cp. Lyd. de mens. 4. 64 p. 117, 12 f.

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 523 … rites. In view of the similarity existing between Cretan and … describes how Mykerinos (Men-kau-Rd), a king of the fourth … was originally affixed to the exterior surface of a wooden coffin5. … 6 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture* London 1891 i. 356 (the Mintira of the Malay

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524 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … that the same custom of sun-and-moon marriage is attested on the … heaving billows from the far eastern land of Phoenicia, borne or pursued by her … regarded as moon-goddesses—the former through the influence of … Europe bore to Zeus a son Dodon5 or Dodonos6, the eponym of … this scholar went off on a wrong track, when he detected at Dodona the cult of a … (Cults of Gk. States ii. 479), 'the Eteocretan earth-goddess' (ib. ii. 632), later assimi-

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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 … that at Corinth, where the same festival was attached to the cult of … 3 Nilsson Gr. Feste p. 96 remarks that this can hardly be a case of actual hones … character of the rite, which in all probability involved not merely the death but also the … 5 The schol. Pind. 01. 13. 56 gives various atria for the Hellotia of Athena Hellotis. … Nilsson op. cit. p. 95 infers that a large puppet called Hellotis was burnt (or two large

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526 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … the other a flower, symbol of her own fertility. Theophrastos and … stone table in the opisthodomos of the temple of Aphaia in Aigina. Here, as A. Furtwangler … I have had Jahn's colour-plate copied with the insertion of various details—the inner … 2 H. Prinz in the Ath. Mitth. 1910 xxv. 169 n. 2 hints that the key to the myth of … 3 Prof. R. C. Bosanquet tells me, on the authority of F. Halbherr, that a single

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Marriage of the Sim and Moon in Crete 527 … Zevs) stands alone. Whether it preserves an older form of the myth, or is due to the … P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 165, G. Macdonald in the Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 184 ff. … 189 ff. Britomartis, a Gortynian nymph in the train of Artemis, was loved by Minos, … of numismatists such as Prof. P. Gardner (Types of Gk. Coins p. 166 'serrated leaves as … mehr einer Eiche als einer Platane ahnlich'), but also of Mr Spyridion Miliarakis, … likely that the coins of Gortyna would represent the famous union of Zeus with Europe,

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528 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … shock-head of slender shoots (fig. 394), which in some cases have … being nowhere mentioned by any classical author, {c) Well-preserved specimens of the … 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 … Theophrastos, who spoke of a plane, with blundering. Both trees … of Olenos, two nymphs called Aiga and Helike ; and that these persons respectively gave … Aiga, and Helike were the eponyms of Olenos or Olene, Aiga or

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530 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … According to Hyg. fab. 139, Amaltheia as nurse of the infant Zeus in Crete hung his … question was a willow. In a Czekh tale the nymph of a willow-tree married a mortal … of prettiness but 'vielmehr ein Attribut von tieferer Bedeu- … An example of this latter coin now in the British Museum … in 1. a vase, r. hand on breast; on L, approaching her out of the water, forepart of a bull; … Possibly the flower-basket of Europe was derived from a custom … 91 BOS. The word 9IB0S has been taken for a dialect form of

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 531 … rightly or wrongly taken to mean the goddess ' of Flourishing … his name on coins of Gortyna. Hence it is tempting to regard 9IB0S as a term … ' 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 … Then, as the branches begin to leaf, by a subtle change of gesture … was an emanation of Zeus himself12. … P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 165 pi. 9, 20, Class. Rev. 1903 xvii. 405 fig. r. … P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 165 pi. 9, 19. … xvii. 405 fig. 2 (British Museum), P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 165 pi. g, 18 (Paris). … shape of a gad-fly. Another possible case of the soul as a fly is noted supra p. 469 n. 7.

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 533 … Probably the head of the fertilising bull was … odd custom perhaps susceptible of the same … Cretan (? cp. Plin. nat. hist. 21. 79) equivalent of the Philistine god worshipped at … H. von Fritze op. cit. ii. 514 holds that, since inscriptions of Ilion mention 17 pods, the

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534 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … mention of these woodland spirits makes them akin to the Kouretes5 … 3 Mr G. F. Hill A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins London 1899 p. 181 puts … 8 Mr W. Wroth, with whom I once had the advantage of discussing these coins,

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 535 … ' Increase.' Before her on a base is a statue of Euthenta, 1 Fer- … Mus. Cat. Coins Lycaonia, etc. pp. lxxxvif., 182 f. pi. 33, 7) as the name of a 'quail-hunt' … of a bull (id.). … 4 Cretan coins struck by Domitian show not only a caduceus between two cornua … 5 The gesture of the goddess is similar to that of the tree-nymph in the Real Museo

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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 … was probably set up over the grave of an Orphic votary. The … ceived henceforward as a new heroine of ' Increase' to be reverenced … of a moon-goddess. Europe herself bore an equivocal title, which … lex. Myth. ii. 3192. Euryphaessa was, however, the mother of Helios, not of Selene

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538 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … will appeal to the eye, if we compare the common Greek type of … portant piece of evidence is a passage in the treatise On the Syrian … it the temple of Astarte, and Astarte I take to be Selenaia. But, as one of the … 4 From a denarius of L. Valerius Acisculus (46—-45 B.C.) in my collection : obv. … 5 From, a copper of Amphipolis, struck by Tiberius, in my collection : … who rejects the combinations of Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 251 ff.

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 539 … myth that associates Europe with the founding of Thebes5. The … was changed to Boiotia, according to some, by reason of Boiotos the son of … of a copper, struck by Elagabalos, in my collection : A P | SI DON | COLMET - … 3 K. Hoeck Kreta Gottingen 1823 i. 93, 96 interprets the crescent-shaped veil of … 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 … some of his men to fetch lustral water from the spring of Ares. But the snake … to wife Harmonia, the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, but first bade him in … Pythian oracle is vindicated from the charge of irrelevance. Besides, … Of Pelagon Fate's nurseling. Then draw nigh, … 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 … 3 Paus. 9. 12. 2. On the site and significance of this cult see Frazer Pausanias v. 48 f.

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Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete 541 … Of the ranging cow is lowered and her knee … Baudissin with the Phoenician moon-goddess on account of its … Dr Frazer's other example of sun-and-moon marriage was that … of the mountain-mother5, whose name probably … of Kouretes as nurse of the infant Zeus (fig. 412)7. Here, as … mark than the statement of schol. Eur. Phoen. 638 (^Kodofx-qcre ras Q-qfias' 6rj(3a yap … of Alktus, as Alktt] of *A'uctos. In Serv. in Verg. Aen. 3. 171 the eponymous nymph of

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542 Marriage of the Sun and Moon in Crete … copied the actual cult-statue of Britomartis, who is known to … 929, O. Jessen ib. v. 585 ff., Farnell Cults of Gk. States ii. 476, Gruppe Gr. Myth. Rel. … a cult-epithet of Diktynna. … 5 Drawn from a specimen in my collection. The only other specimen of this fine coin

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dropped that the consort of Diktynna or Britomartis was solar. It … evidence of a religious complex, forming an independent whole and … father of Britomartis by Hekate. … former name of Delos (Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 1780 f. : add schol. Ap. Rhod. 1. … dropped that the consort of Diktynna or Britomartis was solar. It … evidence of a religious complex, forming an independent whole and … father of Britomartis by Hekate. … former name of Delos (Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 1780 f. : add schol. Ap. Rhod. 1.

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mythographers was sent by Zeus1, according to Christian writers of … shape7. In short, Zeus as a bull is an integral part of the Europe- … advances of Zeus, and he, to punish her, changed her into a quail and cast her into the … Myth. Vat. 1. 37, 2. 17, 3. 8. 3). She was ravished by Zeus, who took the form of an … 46) and the Phoenician Herakles (Eudoxos of Knidos ap. Athen. 392 D, Cic. de nat. deor. … protr. 4. 49. 3 p. 312, 15 Stahlin. Cp. the statements that Pasiphaa, daughter of Atlas, … 9 The circle of rays surrounding the bull [supra p. 472 fig. 328) and Europe [supra

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It remains, of course, both possible and probable that sooner or … actually mention a Gortynian cult of Zeus AsteriqsK There is … border' (G. F. Hill A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins London 1899 p. 158).

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Asterios was a sun-god of Phoenician character1. Only, we must … must have been worshipped; for here he had herds of cattle4. … 1 Farnell Cults of Gk. States i. 44, citing the opinion of W. Robertson Smith

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were the sons of Zeus Asterioss. It looks as though the contamina- … hand (fig. 405)4, or awaits on his throne the arrival of her cortege, … to the starry sky. Silver coins of Crete struck by Nero show Zeus … globe and flanked by the stars (fig. 27)10. Similarly silver coins of

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Crete struck under Caligula and Claudius have a head of Augustus … What was this group of seven stars ? Dr B. V. Head, who … proximately the same position as on a modern star-map, four of … 4 Head Hist. num.x p. 384 'perhaps in the character of Zeus Kretagenes.'

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tree of Europe attained a scientific euthanasia in the text-books … sky-gods of Syria also. And here again the cults in question took … This was the case with Adad or Hadad, * king of the gods3' and … that the same constellation was sometimes regarded as the bull-form of Dionysos … 4 Mar-Tu, the ideographic form of Amurru. See further A. T. Clay Amurru, the … R. Dussaud in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 2157 ff., M. Jastrow The Religion of Baby- … tree of Europe attained a scientific euthanasia in the text-books … sky-gods of Syria also. And here again the cults in question took … This was the case with Adad or Hadad, * king of the gods3' and … that the same constellation was sometimes regarded as the bull-form of Dionysos … 4 Mar-Tu, the ideographic form of Amurru. See further A. T. Clay Amurru, the … R. Dussaud in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 2157 ff., M. Jastrow The Religion of Baby-

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were carried out in the priesthood of Seleukos son of Zenodoros, … Adados4.' The cult was now strengthened by the addition of the … 8 The name Bcfalbek means ' Lord of the Beka,' i.e. of the fertile valley between … containing the earliest mention of Ba'albek, is thus translated by S. Lee {Eusebius Bishop … things, even now, in Baalbeck; the ancient injurious excesses and corrupting paths of vice,

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to Rome. In the grove of Furrina on the east side of the Ianiculum … starting from this great cult-centre, the worship of Iupiter Heliopoli- … Siscia7 in Pannonia, from the Latovici on the borders of Venetia8, … Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 2161, 2163. The altar is of white marble, 0*55 m. high : … Germanic[o], 4287 (altar shewing relief of a goddess with mural crown, who holds rudder

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As to the character and ritual of the cult thus propagated an … 'The Assyrians too worship the sun under the name of Iupiter, Zeus … divinity is at once Iupiter and the sun is manifest both from the nature of its … power of Iupiter and the sun. … certain friends of his, devout men whose faith in this deity was based on con- … in right hand, cornu copiae in left, and stands between two lions) I. o. m. H. | con- … politan. j et Nemauso (on the left of this stone is the relief described and figured infra

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sealed, and sent off, with nothing written on it. The priests, ignorant of the … thereupon ordered that a centurion's vine-staff, one of the offerings dedicated in … ' To prevent my argument from ranging through a whole list of divinities, … a goddess called Adargatis4. To these two they ascribe all power over the … 1 That is, the centurion's vine showed that Trajan would die in the course of the … 3 Opinions are divided as to the value of this interpretation (W. Drexler ib. i. 1987 f., … 5 Bundles of rays resembling wings start from the shoulders of various Assyrian deities,

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Ba'albek, the seat of this remarkable cult, has seen many changes. … defaced many of their idols, did him to death and—if we may … 2 On the ugly connotation of the words /u^os, jXLjxds in the Hellenistic east see … this custom consult E. S. Hartland ' Concerning the rite at the temple of Mylitta' in the

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dosios finally demolished2 the great temple of Zeus and built … subject to Arab rule till 1517, when the Turks gained possession of … (see the note by J. Markland in Dindorf's ed. of the Chronicon Paschale ii. 394 ff., … A Glossary of the Aramaic Ins-criptions Cambridge 1898 p. 30). This is the more likely … 1865 p. 196 'Exploits of Mar Rabbula.'

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subsequent travellers, including the Duke of Ragusa, in 18341.' … consisted of two towers united by a colonnade, and was approached … dua aerea auro inluminata sua pecunia ex voto 1. a. s. On these two inscriptions see

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original intention of this court1 is not known. Certain Helio- … a cedar. A cypress is the central object on other coppers of Heliopolis, which show two … Cypress-trees are not often associated with Zeus. But the temple of Zeus Ne'meios at

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a patch of sacred corn1 ? … as inscriptions attest, was set out with bronze portraits of the … It was originally entered at the eastern end, therein resembling the temple of Zeus, which

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At the western end of the altar-court rose the temple of Zeus1 … in width by 8775 metres in length. Round it stood a single row of

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for sundry patches of a cement-paving, has entirely disappeared. … 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, … capped range of Libanos; in the foreground, the lowest course of the temple-terrace—

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consisting of a huge outer wall and a filling of massive stones. … moulding was never completed. On this rested the main face of … arch. Inst. 1902 xvii. 93. It shows a section through the temple of Zeus from north to

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above them the popular name of the Trilithonz. The unknown … attains a length of 2172 metres (fig. 430)4. Greeks and Romans … advrov €K irevTe \i6wv (Steph. Byz. s.v. Ae\<poL). It was the temple of epic times, the … and breadth, and gives details as to the method of quarrying. The big stone, which … 5 On colossal statues etc. as a means of literally ' magnifying' the god see Folk-Lore

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demanded a supreme effort. But here, as in the case of the … Adjoining the great temple of Zeus was a second sacred edifice … but those of the pronaos and the engaged columns of the interior … at the west end of the building. Nine steps led up to the chancel, … In the middle, between the half-columns, a broader flight of seven … (fig. 432)3, it used to be assumed that this was the temple of Zeus, … 3 R. Wood The ruins of Balbek, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria London 1757

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the larger building being then regarded as that of Helios. But the … an unfinished frieze, which represents a procession of twelve persons, … (ib. no. 4475, 1 9eG> Batro%eixei) was the Grecised form of the Baal worshipped at … Orient. Gr. inscr. sel. no. 262). The inhabitants of Baitokaike described themselves as

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was that of Dionysos, who at Heliopolis as elsewhere was worshipped … type of Philippus Senior (figs. 43 31, 4342). On a rocky eminence … of the temple; and in the field beyond this space is a caduceus. … 6 Another possible explanation of the type would be to say that the die-sinker, in

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glory1. On this showing the temple here figured is that of Zeus'2. … with bulls. But copies of his cult-image, recognised in recent … 2 RascheZ^r. Num. iv. 93 (cp. Suppl. ii. 1345) assumes that it is a temple of Hermes. … Angelus given to Iupiter Heliopolitanus {supra p. 551 n. 10). The remarks of G. Henzen … 1903 pp. 30, 38 f. fig. 14. The inscription in letters of the third century runs : [I.]o. m.

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a kdlathos or 'basket' on his head, adorned with two tiers of ovate-

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A disk is suspended round his neck. The upper part of his body … symbolised on the right side of … and a string of jewels (?)4. His . ._____'."Jill Llllll J\ … and there are traces of two busts … of four and six petals each: one of these flowers is seen in profile … hand a fragment of the bunch of corn, and perhaps of the thunderbolt too, mentioned by … solvit {supra p. 552 n. 2) in letters belonging to the end of the second century. Cp. the

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on its stalk. On the sides of the case are two thunderbolts. And … of Bctalbek and published by O. Puchstein in 1902 (fig. 437)1, … Somewhat more elaborate is a stele of white marble, which came … relief as a Roman copy of Artemis Dlktynna. P. Wolters in the Anv. Journ. Arch. 1890 … pp. 30, 33—36 has contributed most to our understanding of its details. He points out

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composed of the solar disk with two uraeus-snakes. In the centre … Real-Enc. ii. 2834 f., vii. 1174, infra n. 2) ; and that the lower part of the relief closely … 2 There was a lion-shaped image of Tevvcuos in the temple of Zeus at Heliopolis … Aleppo, is a dedication of an oil-mill etc. to a triad of gods including one simply described … dated in the year 223 a.d.) and an inscription at Ny-Carlsberg of uncertain provenance … as Tevvaios the lion that appears on coins of Berytos with a … brow on early electrum coins struck in the time of Alyattes?, 610 —

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The sides of the sheath are adorned with disks. … pp. 32, 67 n. 4. Of the coins listed by him the most interesting … argues in favour of accepting Macrobius' assertion. S. Reinach Cultes, Mythes et … the cuts representing the front, side, and back of the statuette ; Reinach Rep. Stat. iii. 8

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of six or seven petals apiece. And on either side of the sheath is a

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The finest examples of this type are two bronzes in the de … his chin is a short tenon for the attachment of a false beard. The … belonged to J. Loeytved of Beirut and is now in the Berlin collection (C. Clermont- … false beard, and numerous busts. J. Rouvier detected traces of gilding upon it.

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To right and left of him is a star with … grasping another bolt. Below this, two

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bust, that of a rayed Helios; the back, an eagle with spread wings … It is noticeable that no bulls are figured on any of these … 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 … no. 219: head turned slightly to left, and tufts of hair between the horns forming a sort … Myth. iv. 48 fig. 5), sometimes unwinged, as on the ste'le of Esarhaddon (680-669 B.C.) from

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—the Rimmon2 or Hadadrimmon3 of the Old Testament,—was … question depends of course upon the functions ascribed to the god. … 4 My friend the Rev. Dr C. H. W. Johns kindly tells me that the association of … 5 A. H. Layard The Monuments of Nineveh First Series London 1849 pi. 65.

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of time was associated with Samas and ultimately viewed as himself … of Heliopolis. These two conceptions of storm-god and sun-god, … in point of fact by no means incompatible3. 'In many mythologies,' … 3 Supra pp. 196 n. 6, 313 n. 8. Empedokles held that lightning consisted of solar

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Ramman cannot have been accidental. This double nature of … lord of justice,"—an attribute peculiar to the sun-god ; but in … of many very ancient genii, all of whom had been set over the … horizon, and breathing flame or torrents of water upon the … taken to represent a divine bull 'child of the god Zu3.' This divine … of fertility.

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Sumerian god of Nippur, bore a name which meant 'Lord of the … 'Lady of the Storm,' was described as Nin-khar-sag, 'Lady of the … character of a god who fostered vegetation : … When we see votive offerings with the figure of a bull, or repre- … 5 H. C. Rawlinson A Selection from the Miscellaneous Inscriptions of Western Asia

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traces of the association between the god and the animal may be … A. Dieterich9 supposed that this ascent of the mountain was a … rather infer from the mention of the golden calf and the mountain … 3 1 Kings 12. 28 ff. See further the learned dissertation of S. Bochart Hierozoicon

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that we have here to do with a Grecised form of Adad, god of the … Hierapolis by Seleukos Nikator, the founder of the Syrian dynasty3. … A valuable account of her temple and cult is given by the … a different name. Both are of gold, and both are seated ; but Hera is carried … abbreviation of Atargatis, the Syrian 'Atar'ata (F. Cumont in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. … 8 Loukian. op. cit. 1. The author of the de dea Syria throughout speaks of the goddess … /xrjKos, though the editors of Lucian take it to mean v\pos, and certainly ib. 30 it bears the

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by lions, while her partner is sitting upon bulls. Indeed, the statue of Zeus … adorn none save the goddess of Heaven. Without she is covered with more … same effect upon him as well. Between these two figures stands another … 2 Not, of course, the true emerald, which is found only in America, but the green … river Hydaspes to the sound of flutes while the moon was waxing (Plout. de flnv. 1. 2). … s.v. ~Lefx,LpafjLLs). At the close of her life Semiramis changed herself into a dove and flew

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statue of Atargatis carried by lions2, a statue of her partner (re- … goddess. She besought Iupiter to put the fish among the signs of the zodiac. And the … in question were really Venus and Cupido, who, scared by the sudden appearance of … Semiramis and all the kings of Assyria had the dove as their military standard—a doubtful … associated with Semiramis for two reasons. On the one hand, Semiramis was assimilated … for dove {himmatii) was not very unlike the Assyrian name of Semiramis (Sammuramat). … her right hand, a tympanum in her left, and seated on the back of a lion {Brit. Mus. Cat. … 3 S. Reinach in the Rev. Arch. 1902 i. 31 argues that we must not press the text of … 6 This is the thesis of J. Garstang op. cit. pp. viii, n f., 17 n. 49, 27, 70 n. 43 .

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pseudo-Lucian, having described the statues of the inner shrine, … priest meets him and asks him questions concerning all things. He, if he … The right hand holds erect a spear, and on it stands a small statuette of Victory. … left of which are statues of women : these are surrounded by the twisted coil of … subject to the power of this luminary. The flower bears witness to the bloom

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opinion of some one who identified him as a solar power with … Victory, the aigis, the eagles) are suggestive rather of Zeus. … firmed by the coin-types of Hierapolis. A … Fig- 449- design occurs on a bronze coin of Severus Alex- … 2 On coins of Tarsos from Hadrian to Gallienus appears a cult-image of Apollon

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and trustworthy his description is. ' It has no shape of its own, but … effigies of the temple-deities. Again, 'on the top of it there is … 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). … tion found by him at Perre {Perrin), which speaks of a certain Ma/*| Boyew. He suggests

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writes as follows of ' Bambych3': … 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 … that were tame. About two hundred paces within the east gate there is a raised … had such a grand avenue as the temple at Gerrhas ; and the enclosure of the … must have been west of it, of which I could see no remains ; it possibly might … 4 R. Pococke A Description of the East, and Some other Countries London 1745 ii- 1.

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have been where there are now some ruins of a large building, which seems to … Nowadays even these scanty relics of the great temple have … its immediate precinct. The position of the Temple may have been more or … 1 Lieut.-Colonel Chesney The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and … of the wall (ib. p. 188 fig. 2); four terra-cotta heads of a goddess who, to judge from the

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in Koile Syria, belongs a copper coin of Geta, showing a god who … of Rhosos on the Gulf of Issos likewise represents a horned deity, … silver tetradrachm of Antiochos xii, now in the Dresden cabinet, … (F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Num. Zeitschr. 1901 p. 13 f.) is the Zeus of Heliopolis {supra

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Characteristics of Zeus (Adad) 591 … ciated with Adad (Zeus) marked him as a god of thunder and fertility. … Stratonike [the second wife of Seieukos i Nikator], who was afterwards married to her … to lay violent hands upon herself. Whereupon he told her of his mutilation and so cured … future dwelt there. A bronze statue of him by Hermokles of Rhodes, which stands in … and sharing his mode of life. (Others tell a sacred tale to the effect that Hera loved … version (Prudent, peristeph. 10. 196 ff.), unmanned himself to escape the embraces of

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that made out of moisture the first principles and seeds of … figure cylinders of enamelled terra cotta, c. -50111 high, found at Erzingian and thought … Outside the temple is a large bronze altar and countless bronze statues of kings and … the altar: more than 300 of them come to the sacrifice. All wear white garments and a … Near the temple is a lake containing sacred fish of various kinds. The large ones have … blocks the way and implores him to depart. On the occasion of their greatest festivals … The greatest festival known to the writer is, however, celebrated at the beginning of … deities and images of the same. On certain specified days the crowd assembles in the

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knowledge of all that is good for them1.' … was a god worshipped since Hittite times in Kilikia and the … flings aside his garments and with a great cry rushes into the midst of them. He seizes … enter the temple-precinct for the next seven days. If any of them sees a corpse, he does … unclean but sacred. They regard the dove as an object of the greatest sanctity: they … shaves his head and eyebrows and then sacrifices a sheep. Most of it he cuts up and … hair for Hippolytos, so at Hierapolis young men offer the first hairs of their beards, while

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duplicate of the first: id. ib. Berlin 1906 p. 19 f.), E. J. Davis ' On a New Hamathite

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northern flank of Mount Tauros. Prof. J. Garstang describes the … main stream of the valley it washes at a bend the foot of a bare rock, upon … with turned-up toes, characteristic of the godlike figures on all Hittite sculptures. … which is carved before the face of the god, Professors Sayce and Jensen both find … corn, he acquired the characteristics of Zeus. On silver coins

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sceptre in his right hand, a corn-ear and a bunch of grapes in his … others issued by Arsames as satrap of Kilikia, 334—331 B.C.5, show … 2 For the coinage of Mazaios etc. I follow the classification recently proposed by … 4 Id. ib. ii. 2. 451 ff. pi. 112, 12—20, 22, pi. 113, 1 f., 5 — ii. I figure two specimens

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of Babylon under Alexander the Great, 331—328 B.C.1, Bctal-tars … The identification of Sandas with Zeus was due partly to the … Among the commonest types of the later copper coins of Tarsos is that of Zeus … 4 Another Cilician god, Olymbros, who passed as being the brother of Sandas (Steph. … And the debs Karaift&rrjs is coupled with Persephone in an inscription on the ' tomb of … of the town {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lycaonia, etc. pp. cvi, 31, 34 pis. 5, 10, 6, 4,

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fact that Zeus too was a giver of fertility1. But this identification2 … of exceptional interest (figs. 454, 455)- Within a square frame … of Anazarbos there was an important cult of Zeus, who had here dispossessed Olymbros. … of the Italian Lokroi enthroned with a sceptre in his left … from the reign of Commodus and is inscribed I. o. m. I … between two rams with a cornu copiae in his left hand (Ohnefalsch-Richter Kypros p. 474 … 3 J. Garstang The Land of the Hittites London 1910 pp. 195, 238, 240, 378 f.

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his hand with a gesture of adoration. On the left is the nude form … Ana must be the name of the naked god, and attempts have been … of a royal or quasi-royal proclamation. I would therefore suggest … ancient Hittite son-god6. He stands on the back of a lion, which … 2 This word is placed either in the narrow space at the back of Herakles' knee … 4 P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 171 pi. 10, 29 regards as plausible an interpreta- … P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 206 pi. 13, 20.

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in his left hand. Occasionally also, as befits a god of fertility, he … Certain coins struck at Tarsos by the Seleucid kings of Syria … ' Pyre' made for Herakles (Sandas) at the Tarsian festival of Pyrd7. … 5 I take this gesture to be expressive of power. In the Old Testament a ' stretched … 548, Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Seleucid Kings of Syria p. 72 pi. 28, 8, p. 78 pi. 21, 6, p. 89

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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-.' … In any case the erection of the Tarsian coins can hardly be … to a proof, that a practice of burning a deity, and especially Melcarth, in effigy or in the

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roof above the stone of Zeus Kdsios at Seleukeia Pieria1. Finally, … (•figs. 469—474)4, in which appears a pyramid flanked by two birds or … 2 For the pyre of Zeus Strdtios as shown on coins of Amaseia see the Class. Rev. 1904 … p. 717. The attribution of these anepigraphic coins is doubtful. Most numismatists now … sign discussed by Sir Arthur Evans Scripta Minoa Oxford 1909 i. 215^ ('Catalogue of

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The significance of the pyramid as a cult-object is uncertain. … tionalised form of a mountain2, … walls of Ivriz at the foot of … compound names of deities as Dio-Pan6, Zeno-Poseidon7, etc.s … Auravdav was a false reading for ~2dv8av due to dittography (AI = the AI of yvwplfcaOai).

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essentially a god of fertility, was also in Hellenistic times con- … represents a sacred stone, perhaps that of Emesa4. Again, the … Dolichenus*, furnishes another example of a Hittite god surviving … Paris 1903 p. 22 f. fig. 9. The bronze, inclusive of the base, is o'iom high. … pi. 29, 9—11, J. Garstang The Land of the Hitiites London 1910 p. 214 pi. 65 f. with

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the same high head-dress as he does. On a Hittite cylinder at … Gesellschaft 1896 iv. 18 f. (who reads the Babylonian inscription on this Hittite seal as

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a leash. On another cylinder in the collection of J. Pierpont … from Doliche, a little town5 in the Syrian district of Kommagene, … bundle of weapons. In the field is a star (or sun) and the Egyptian crux ansata.

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and freedmen—carried the cult of this obscure divinity far and … of such deities as Isis and Mithras5. Septimius Severus was much … A good selection of them is given by Dessau Inscr. Lat. sel. nos. 4296—4324.

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that under these emperors with their Syrian connexion the cult of … no dedications to the god of so late a date are recorded. It adjoined … In accordance with a behest of Iupiter Dolichenus, Best and Greatest, the … for the sake of an auspicious beginning: see Dessau Inscr. Lat. sel. nos. 467, 4316. … 1466 f.) implies, not merely the ritual use of white clothing (T. Mommsen on Corp. inscr.

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of Tettia Pannuchia his daughter, of his household, of Aurelius Lampadius his … M. Aurelius Oenopio Onesimus {by the sign of Acacius) notary, and Septimius … Serapiacus, Antonius Marianus, M. Iulius Florentinus, chief persons^ of this … who fertilised the earth for the benefit of men, on the other hand, … 1 The word proscaenium is used of a facade or porch in front of the temple (De Vit … 3 principe(s) [ huius loci. Cp. the principes sacerdotum of the Jews (De Vit Lat. Lex.

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of Iupiter Dolichenus, not, as we should have expected, to Dolichenus

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DolicJienus, Best and Greatest,' and of ' Iuno the Queen' respec- … ever, wears a Phrygian cap instead of a helmet. His raised right … was found in the harbour of Marseille, where it had sunk in some … statuette found at Szalan-kemen, probably the site of Acumincum … sua d. d. Since Iuno Regina had a temple of her own on the Aventine (H. Jordan— … that the new-comer Iupiter Dolichenus here claimed to be the consort of this ancient

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horns of the bull. A third is indicated in relief on a short column, … aspect of a Dolichenus'-shrine, may be inferred from the finds made … like the walls, of rag-stone with inserted tiles. This pillar had … presumably the M. Aur. Apollinaris, a decurio of Mursella, who dedicated two altars,

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room with a tiled mosaic flooring. The walls of the lower chamber … of them (C) is here represented (fig.

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his right hand uplifts a double-axe; his left holds the remains of a … of the bolt have thin silver-foil twisted round them (fig. 486)2. … formed back and front of the same dedication, or less probably were

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To Iupiter DulcJienus- and flanked by busts of Hercules with his … 1 Kan op. cit. p. 43 f. no. 28, a. The best publication of this plate is that of Desjardins

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to it, in a separate panel as before, are busts of the Sun with a … a thunderbolt. To the right of the altar stands a goddess, pre- … temple, to either side of which is a legionary standard surmounted … (? solar) disk. Both are standing behind the foreparts of two bulls … In the Archaeological Institute at Vienna is a pair of similar, … foreparts of two bulls, the horn of one being visible under his arm3. … 3 R. Munsterberg loc. cit. p. 230 f. fig. 102 well compares a small bronze statuette of

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like Venus than Iuno. Lowest of all came a handled label, … edges of the front-plate2, exhibits a crescent, containing a horned

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A fragment of another bronze plate, similar in character to … middle is a tree with leaves and fruit. To the left of it stands … double-axe; his left grasps a thunderbolt consisting of six spirally- … the eyes4. The lowest register is filled with a motley assemblage of … of an ancient building along with ashes, charcoal, broken pottery and bricks. … in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1907 xxxi. 241 n. 7). A copper of Lappa in Crete shows … its horns made of gold and a large rosette between them plated with gold (Perrot—Chipiez

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is an Isiac head-dress, composed apparently of a solar disk between … rest busts of the Moon and the Sun : the former wears a crescent; … section, which bisects the back of the plate3. With this monument … front (fig. 491 )5 has preserved the reliefs from the top two registers … Jean Le dessin des Animaux en Grece Paris 1911 p. 23 fig. 12). Bronze coins of Neapolis … 2 Cp. e.g. the many varieties of Bronze-Age daggers, swords, spear-heads etc.

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the half-worked barbs of the first Heddernheim plate, the raised … of this form but always2 a double-axe and a thunderbolt of normal … pyramid as a ritual object points to the cult of a mountain-deity3.

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of the Heddernheim plate1 raise a further question. What have … as a sign and symbol of fertility6. … flowers11.' On an Etruscan mirror figuring the birth of Dionysos … The Due de Luynes in the Nouv. Ann. 1836 i. 391 compared the Talleyrand Zeus of

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thunderbolt in his left, and a wreath of lilies on his head1. The … found by Messrs Drosinos and Stamatakis in a complex of buildings … the Louvre {Arch. Zeit. 1875 xxxii pi. 9), whose diadem is composed of palmettes … pursuit of Minos by disappearing in a grove at Aigina and was thenceforth worshipped as

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was said to delight in the lily2. Her head on silver coins of Elis … Bianna and Aphaia were borne off to become queen of an underground king. … Coins ii. 135 no. 4, P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 137 f. pi. 8, 15, Bnnbury Sale … pi. 14, 1—3, 13, P. Gardner Types of Gk. Coins p. 159 pi. 8, 39, Head Hist, num.2 p. 423. … aarepcwv, which grew on the banks of the river Asterion near the Argive Heraion and … On the folk-lore of the Milky Way see further Mdusine 1884-85 ii. 151 ff. 'La Voie … georg. frag. 2, 28 ap. Athen. 683 d) ; and this flower grew from the head of a statue of

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it as the flower of the planet Zeus. For example, Konstantinos … Kronos was somewhat dark and leaden of hue; … The globe of Aphrodite had the glint … Was planted there upon the face of heaven, … And flowers pied the flashing of the stars4. … of course, in modern poetry, e.g. H. W. Longfellow Evangeline 1.3' Silently one by one, … figured a terra-cotta disk, which represents the head of Helios emerging from the petals … are by the hand of a corrector. J. Bernays in the Arch. Zeit. 1875 xxxii. 99 cites Lobeck

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These Byzantine attributions were not mere fancy-flights of … his edition (Lipsiae 1877) °f Maximus and Amnion prints certain anecdota astrologica, of

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K. Zangemeister and E. Gerhard. Of these, three are in the Gold … petal of which terminates in a similar but smaller lily, the central … its inscription5 has a spear-head enclosed in a frame of lily-work.

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gable of which are a crescent moon and two stars. The architrave … maining two silver plates are in the … akroteria of which are of the lily- … wreath in his beak. The field of the … medallions depicting Cupid with a round shield and a lance: of … the plate with the help of Mr F. H. Marshall, I made out a few more letters, viz. (a) on

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Iupiter Dolichenus was in some sense, then, a god of precious

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seems needed to account for the constant association of an Aurelius … god6 and to gold7, considered themselves bound by special ties of … est Valerii, Papirii. Quint, inst. or. 11. 2. 31 also alludes to the origin of the name. … p. 57 no. 60 (Pfiinz: a bronze tablet found near the camp of the first cohort of the

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analogy of the word Staal for Staalwater1 and the discovery of … A clue to the meaning of the words is, I venture to think, … of interest, since the Homeric Catalogue describes the Halizones … Timotheos too at the court of Archelaos sang of 'earth-born

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of the Hittite son-god1. Hence I conclude that the title'where … the connexion of Iupiter Dolichenus with the precious metals. The … Oldest Civilization of Greece London 1901 p. 200 n. 1, apropos of the Sumerian name for … me that the meaning of An-Bar, which is taken to denote 'Divine Weight,' cannot be … On the other hand, the Egyptians believed that the tops of some mountains touched … with iron by the story of the metal-eating mice. Aristotle stated that in the island of … by nature in the iron-workings of the Chalybes; and in gold mines they are so fond of … Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 1954), it is possible that we should assume another island of the

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The Significance of the Bull 633 … the last twenty sections of our subject will be glad to rest awhile … 5 Supra p. 435 n. 6. A bronze statuette of Apis from a Greek site in the Delta is in- … The Significance of the Bull 633 … the last twenty sections of our subject will be glad to rest awhile … 5 Supra p. 435 n. 6. A bronze statuette of Apis from a Greek site in the Delta is in-

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