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344 Zan. an older Zeus
A. F. Pott (1833)1, H. L. Ahrens (1843)2, G. Legerlotz (1858)3,
C. Petersen (1870)4, H. Usener (1900)3; and the equation has not
been successfully challenged by any later critic. The cult of Zan
can be traced most clearly in Crete, where he bore the title Me'gas,
' the Great' Zan,—a natural appellative of the sky-god. Thus
Euripides in his Cretans speaks of Minos as
' Child of Europa and of Zan the Great0.'
Aristophanes appears to be poking fun at the same Euripidean play,
when in his Birds he makes Euelpides ejaculate :
' So now let him thunder, Zan the Great" !'
According to the Greek grammarians, Zdv was used by the later Aeolians and by the
later Ionians : Herodian. rrepi /.lovrjpovs Xefews 6, 14 ff. (ii. 911, 7 ff. Lentz) on 5e ttoikiXus
fiprjTai vtto TraXaiCcv 6 debs ovk ayvoQ. Kal yap Als teal Zijv Kal Arjv Kal Zds (so K. Lehrs
for Zevs. He further suggests inserting /cat Zdv, cp. Aristoph. av. 570), /cat Ztjs irapa
QepeKVOei (so K. Lehrs for <&epeKu8r]) Kara Kivrjcriv ioiav, /cat (so K. Lehrs for Ktvrjaiv nva)
vtto Fioiwruiv Kal Aevs sal AdV = Eustath. in Od. p. t387, 27ft. Kal on rroXXais evdeiais
irapd rois 7ra\atots iroiKtXXerai. Ats ydp, ov yevLKr) Atbs' Kal 7a\v Kal 7idv Kal Zas Kal Zijs
irapd QepeKvorj Kal Holwtckws Zevs (H. L. Ahrens cj. Aevs) Kal Adv, cp. Eustath. in II.
p. 114, 3 ff. crvvrjdearepov yap 6 Zevs rj irep 6 Zdv Kal 6 Ztjv /cat 6 Ais /cat 6 Adv Kal baa dXXa
Keivrat irapd tc3 7raXaty rexviKi^ (sc. Herodian.), Herodian. 7rept KadoXiKrjs irpoawoias 14
(i. 394, 26 ff. Lentz) Adv (so C. A. Lobeck (ov"Av)' ovruis (so A. Lentz for Kvpiov) eiprjrai
vtto Bolwtuv 6 Zevs (so A. Lentz cp. Herodian. 7rept pLovrjpovs Xe^ecos 6, 17 cited supra),
7Av (added by A. Lentz from Eustath. in Od. p. 1387, 28, in II. p. 114, 3 cited supra and
from Cramer anecd. Oxon. iii. 237, 26 cited infra)' ovnc ydp etp^rat 6 debs vtto twv
p-erayevearepuv AidXQv • Kal eVi 01 p.erayeveo~repoi "Iwves 5td rod a Zdv 6/.totu/s rc3 kvnavi
" kXvB'l fxoi Zavos re Kovprj Zavi r' eXevdepiaj," Herodian. 7rept /cXtcrews ovop-aTuv 3 (ii. 642,
13 ff. Lentz) = LA.C. 'Anecdota Barocciana' in The Philological Miisewn Cambridge
1833 ii. 4i3 = Cramer anecd. Oxon. iii. 237, 23 ff. iareov on rod Zrjv Zrjvos ecpvXa^av ol
rraXaLol "Iwves rr\v kX'ictiv olov " eirel 5' tcrx? Z-rjvbs v\py)p€(pr]s 80/u.ois jfdprjs " (J. A. Cramer cj.
eVet 0' i'crxe Zijvbs v\pi]pe(peoL (or v-J/rjpeepeai) 8bp.ov "Apr/s—a faulty hexameter. T. Bergk4
frag, adesp. 78 cj. eVt 5' ta^e [ Zijvbs v^epe(pr)s 80/j.os | i'axpeies, cp. Nik. ther. 290)'
ixerayevearepoi AtoXets trpeipav Zavbs /cat Zdv /cat 'in fierayeviffrepoi ol "luves 81a tov
a (A. Lentz added this a) Zdv bfxoLws (H. L. Ahrens inserted this bp,oiws) rip AvKavi
(so A. Lentz for AvKavi) " kXv6l /xot Zavbs re Koiipr) Tiavi r eXevdepicp " (so H. L. Ahrens
for kXv6l fxoi Ziavbs re Kovprj^avreXevdepiw cod. But see supra s.vv. Zavbs, Zavi). rrdXiv
diropov ttu>s Trap' "lwcrt to rj eis a (so H. L. Ahrens for to a els rj) rerparrTai- to ivavriov to
a eis rj rpeTTovo-l, rb yap (A. Lentz inserts here the Yctp which in the ms. stands between
to and ivavriov) Zavbs Zrjvbs eiprjKaaf Xeyu 8i] on ovk erpexpav, dXX' efiLfirjo-avro fiera-
yevearepovs AioXels.
1 A. F. Pott Etymologische Forsclmngen auf de?n Gebiet der indogermanischen Sprachen
Lemgo 1833 i. 99.
2 H. L. Ahrens De dialecto Dorica Gottingae 1843 p. 139.
3 G. Legerlotz ' Die wurzel div ocler dyu (brennen, leuchten) im griechischen' in the
Zcitschrift fur vergleichende Sprachforschnng 1858 vii. 290—310, especially p. 300."
A. Kuhn ' Zevs, Zrjv-, Jan-us' id. 1858 vii. 79 b and H. Grassmann id. 1862 xi. 8 related
Ianns to Zen.
4 C. Petersen Das Zwdlfgbttersystem Berlin 1870 p. 68.
5 H. Usener ' Zwillingsbildung' in the Strena Helbigiana Lipsiae 1900 p. 321 ( — id.
Kieine.Schriflcn Leipzig—Berlin 1913 iv. 341).
e Eur. Cretesfrag. 472, r f. Nauck2 (supra p. 342 s.v. Zavbs).
7 Aristoph. av. 570 (supra p. 341 n. 6 s.v. Zdv).
A. F. Pott (1833)1, H. L. Ahrens (1843)2, G. Legerlotz (1858)3,
C. Petersen (1870)4, H. Usener (1900)3; and the equation has not
been successfully challenged by any later critic. The cult of Zan
can be traced most clearly in Crete, where he bore the title Me'gas,
' the Great' Zan,—a natural appellative of the sky-god. Thus
Euripides in his Cretans speaks of Minos as
' Child of Europa and of Zan the Great0.'
Aristophanes appears to be poking fun at the same Euripidean play,
when in his Birds he makes Euelpides ejaculate :
' So now let him thunder, Zan the Great" !'
According to the Greek grammarians, Zdv was used by the later Aeolians and by the
later Ionians : Herodian. rrepi /.lovrjpovs Xefews 6, 14 ff. (ii. 911, 7 ff. Lentz) on 5e ttoikiXus
fiprjTai vtto TraXaiCcv 6 debs ovk ayvoQ. Kal yap Als teal Zijv Kal Arjv Kal Zds (so K. Lehrs
for Zevs. He further suggests inserting /cat Zdv, cp. Aristoph. av. 570), /cat Ztjs irapa
QepeKVOei (so K. Lehrs for <&epeKu8r]) Kara Kivrjcriv ioiav, /cat (so K. Lehrs for Ktvrjaiv nva)
vtto Fioiwruiv Kal Aevs sal AdV = Eustath. in Od. p. t387, 27ft. Kal on rroXXais evdeiais
irapd rois 7ra\atots iroiKtXXerai. Ats ydp, ov yevLKr) Atbs' Kal 7a\v Kal 7idv Kal Zas Kal Zijs
irapd QepeKvorj Kal Holwtckws Zevs (H. L. Ahrens cj. Aevs) Kal Adv, cp. Eustath. in II.
p. 114, 3 ff. crvvrjdearepov yap 6 Zevs rj irep 6 Zdv Kal 6 Ztjv /cat 6 Ais /cat 6 Adv Kal baa dXXa
Keivrat irapd tc3 7raXaty rexviKi^ (sc. Herodian.), Herodian. 7rept KadoXiKrjs irpoawoias 14
(i. 394, 26 ff. Lentz) Adv (so C. A. Lobeck (ov"Av)' ovruis (so A. Lentz for Kvpiov) eiprjrai
vtto Bolwtuv 6 Zevs (so A. Lentz cp. Herodian. 7rept pLovrjpovs Xe^ecos 6, 17 cited supra),
7Av (added by A. Lentz from Eustath. in Od. p. 1387, 28, in II. p. 114, 3 cited supra and
from Cramer anecd. Oxon. iii. 237, 26 cited infra)' ovnc ydp etp^rat 6 debs vtto twv
p-erayevearepuv AidXQv • Kal eVi 01 p.erayeveo~repoi "Iwves 5td rod a Zdv 6/.totu/s rc3 kvnavi
" kXvB'l fxoi Zavos re Kovprj Zavi r' eXevdepiaj," Herodian. 7rept /cXtcrews ovop-aTuv 3 (ii. 642,
13 ff. Lentz) = LA.C. 'Anecdota Barocciana' in The Philological Miisewn Cambridge
1833 ii. 4i3 = Cramer anecd. Oxon. iii. 237, 23 ff. iareov on rod Zrjv Zrjvos ecpvXa^av ol
rraXaLol "Iwves rr\v kX'ictiv olov " eirel 5' tcrx? Z-rjvbs v\py)p€(pr]s 80/u.ois jfdprjs " (J. A. Cramer cj.
eVet 0' i'crxe Zijvbs v\pi]pe(peoL (or v-J/rjpeepeai) 8bp.ov "Apr/s—a faulty hexameter. T. Bergk4
frag, adesp. 78 cj. eVt 5' ta^e [ Zijvbs v^epe(pr)s 80/j.os | i'axpeies, cp. Nik. ther. 290)'
ixerayevearepoi AtoXets trpeipav Zavbs /cat Zdv /cat 'in fierayeviffrepoi ol "luves 81a tov
a (A. Lentz added this a) Zdv bfxoLws (H. L. Ahrens inserted this bp,oiws) rip AvKavi
(so A. Lentz for AvKavi) " kXv6l /xot Zavbs re Koiipr) Tiavi r eXevdepicp " (so H. L. Ahrens
for kXv6l fxoi Ziavbs re Kovprj^avreXevdepiw cod. But see supra s.vv. Zavbs, Zavi). rrdXiv
diropov ttu>s Trap' "lwcrt to rj eis a (so H. L. Ahrens for to a els rj) rerparrTai- to ivavriov to
a eis rj rpeTTovo-l, rb yap (A. Lentz inserts here the Yctp which in the ms. stands between
to and ivavriov) Zavbs Zrjvbs eiprjKaaf Xeyu 8i] on ovk erpexpav, dXX' efiLfirjo-avro fiera-
yevearepovs AioXels.
1 A. F. Pott Etymologische Forsclmngen auf de?n Gebiet der indogermanischen Sprachen
Lemgo 1833 i. 99.
2 H. L. Ahrens De dialecto Dorica Gottingae 1843 p. 139.
3 G. Legerlotz ' Die wurzel div ocler dyu (brennen, leuchten) im griechischen' in the
Zcitschrift fur vergleichende Sprachforschnng 1858 vii. 290—310, especially p. 300."
A. Kuhn ' Zevs, Zrjv-, Jan-us' id. 1858 vii. 79 b and H. Grassmann id. 1862 xi. 8 related
Ianns to Zen.
4 C. Petersen Das Zwdlfgbttersystem Berlin 1870 p. 68.
5 H. Usener ' Zwillingsbildung' in the Strena Helbigiana Lipsiae 1900 p. 321 ( — id.
Kieine.Schriflcn Leipzig—Berlin 1913 iv. 341).
e Eur. Cretesfrag. 472, r f. Nauck2 (supra p. 342 s.v. Zavbs).
7 Aristoph. av. 570 (supra p. 341 n. 6 s.v. Zdv).