Cook, Arthur B.
Zeus: a study in ancient religion (Band 2,1): Zeus god of the dark sky (thunder and lightning): Text and notes
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Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 1: Zeus lightens, thunders, rains, etc.
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 2: The Diosemía or “Zeus-sign”
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 3: Zeus and the lightning / (a): Lightning as a flame from the burning sky / I: Zeus Keraunós
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 3: Zeus and the lightning / (a): Lightning as a flame from the burning sky / II: Zeus Kataibátes
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 3: Zeus and the lightning / (a): Lightning as a flame from the burning sky / III: Zeus und the Sky-Pillar
102
see further Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Zeus pp. 263—266, Miiller—Wieseler—Wernicke
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1—20 figs. 1—4. See further an interesting chapter in F. Cumont Etudes Syriennes Paris
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Sculpture from Augustus to Constanline London 1907 pp. 166—213 pis. 51—62. Further
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in the case of the Trajanic column. See further Mrs A. Strong Roman Sculpture from
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Croisades. Historiens grecs. Paris 1875 >■ 618 A—C, 661 c). See further F. W. Unger
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other parts of the Mediterranean world—to go no further afield3—
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p. 129 b See further Lobeck Aglaophamus ii. 934, G. Kroll De oraeulis Chaldaicis
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may venture a step further and identify this
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feathered coiffure see further Sir A. J. Evans Scripta Minoa Oxford 1909 i. 24^ figs.
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fifth region8, adds further points of interest. In the centre of a
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Mitth. 1890 v. 264 f. See further L. Stephani Nimbus und Strahlenkranz St Petersburg
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And here, at the risk of faring worse, we must go further. For
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the Arch. Zeit. 1866 xxiv. 182 f., id. Wandgem. Camp. p. 274 no. 1279. See further
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would merit further investigation1. Our concern is now with the
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further that within the limits of Greece a variety of towns claimed
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the southern rather than the northern wall of the temple3. Further,
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temporaine du temple, du moins bien anterieure a notre ere.' See further Courby in the
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with the same signification3. Further, Apollon's 'lofty pillar' was
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1167 f.), but also from the cosmic decoration of its roof {ib. ii46ff.: see further R. Eisler
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three goats grazing, and a number of votive offerings. See further H. Heydemann in the
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TLvduvos. See further T. Schreiber Apollon Pythoktonos Leipzig 1879 pp. 6 n. 27, 44,
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Hoppin Red-fig. Vases i. 66 no. 51, supra i. 335). As to the further interpretation of the
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reading lots {Class. Quart. 1916 x. 235). See further E. Gerhard Das Orakel der Themis
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persons went further and frankly spoke of Pythagoras as Apollon
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nonsense, to be dismissed without further enquiry. But there is
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 3: Zeus and the lightning / (a): Lightning as a flame from the burning sky / IV: Zeus und Dionysos
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Bessoi see further E. Oberhummer in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. iii. 329 ft".
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further J. H. Mordtmann loc. cit., P. Perdrizet ' Relief du pays des Maedes representant
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See further Immerwahr Kult. Myth. Arkad. p. 26 f., O. Jessen in Pauly — Wissowa Real-
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Work in Class. Stud, igoj p. 62 f. is too cautious to accept. I have discussed it further
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 3: Zeus and the lightning / (a): Lightning as a flame from the burning sky / V: The double Zeus
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2 Supra i. 468 n. 8, 635. See further G. F. Hill in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1916 xxxvi.
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17 See further F. Imhoof-Blumer in the Journ. Intern. d'Arch. Num. 1898 i. 26, 28 ff.
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116 c5 Trdjj.ij.eya ZeO). See further G. A. Gerhard ' Der Tod des grossen Pan' in the
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 3: Zeus and the lightning / (a): Lightning as a flame from the burning sky / VI: Zeus and the twins
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divinity. Further, the kings claimed descent from the twin sons of
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8 Hdt. 5. 75. See further Frazer Golden Bough3: The Magic Art i. 48 ff., who urges
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They were further connected with Dionysos, Silenos, the Satyrs, etc."
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Strab. 307. See further F. Olck in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vi. 631 f., 654.
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 3: Zeus and the lightning / (b): Lightening as a flash from an eye
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 3: Zeus and the lightning / (c): Lightning as a weapon
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above are the weapons of the sky-god. Further than that we cannot
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ment. For further discussion see F. M. f. Lagrange 'La Crete ancienne' in the Revue
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a bordered robe covers him from neck to knee. Further to the right
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Od. 3. 444. See further Stephanus Thes. Gr. Ling. i. 2. 133 C—D, G. Meyer Griechische
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and the passages cited in the Thes. Ling. Lat. iv. 1079, 31 ^- See further D'Arcy W.
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a telephany of the sky-god himself (supra p. 187). See further O. Keller ' Rabe und
543
these handles by a reference to 'Minoan' cult appears further from
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'Minoan' style. Further, the 'hour-glass' ornament, so characteristic
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curius and Rosmerta (?) [supra i. 481 n. 9: see further S. Reinach ' Teutates, Esus,
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and cakes (Paus. 9. 40. 11 f. : supra i. 406. See further Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 371 f.).
570
kekaumene1. Further, the epithet of Apollon Bozenos appears to
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aefiovai Ala, dya\p.a 5e Aids KeXtikov v^yXri dpvs (see further Class. Rev. 1904 xviii.
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1 Hierokles avveKdri/ios p. 671, 1 Wesseling, p. 21 Burckhardt. See further B. V. Head
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But what of his further statement that Arselis transferred
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Hellenica London 1856 Kings and Dynasts p. 20, Head Hist, num.2 p. 622. See further
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must some day be completed, will accumulate further evidence of an
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further W. Ruge in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 1132.
641
ing Eyes4.' Further reflexion has,
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Further bibliography in W. Helbig Fiihrer durch
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2. 892 (fulmina codd. R. Bentley cj. culmind). See further T. H. Martin La foudre
680
his exploit3. Further, he bore the image of Artemis done up in a
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.. ,'£lplwv(os tpyov) on the strength of Diod. 4. 85. See further J. Alberti and M. Schmidt
696
Further than this we cannot trace it. But C. Trieber in his important article 'Die Idee
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name is similar to HIkos.' Prof. Langdon further informs me that 'The Assyrians and
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name of the Phoenician Hephaistos, whom he further identifies
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be spelled6), and a further assumption that either of them was ever
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ecrefidaOrjaav • Kakeiadai Se ainbv Kai Aia MetXix'c. See further F. C. Movers Unter-
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / § 4: Zeus and the thunder
Chapter II: Zeus as god of the weather / Retrospect
Lightning as a weapon
earlier, in the reign of Anastasios i (491—518 A.D.), Timotheos of
Gaza recommended as a safe-guard against thunderstorms the keep-
ing of an inscribed thunder-stone in the house1. And Pliny already
m"
mm*
Fig. 382. Fig. 383.
informs us that a rare variety of thunder-stone, much sought after by
the Magi, is to be found only on a spot struck by lightning2—
1 Timoth. Gaz. de animalibus published by M. Haupt in Hermes 1S69 iii. 30, 26 ff.
( = id. Opuscida Lipsiae 1876 iii. 302, 25 f.) TrepiairTov (so H. Graff for irtpiairTwv cod.) 5e
7rp6s Kepavvov e|ets eav \idov (so H. Graff for iav 8£ et's \L6ov cod.) Kepavviov eTriypa^/as
e'X??s (£'xet cod.) ev r?) ouda "&<pia d^ptff." The inscription is enigmatic : acpiei d<ppvKra
might mean ' Let (my belongings) be unscorched.'
2 Plin. nat. hist. 37. 135 Sotacus et alia duo genera fecit cerauniae, nigrae rubentisque
[similes eas esse securibus] (these four words, omitted in cod. B, are bracketed by
C. Mayhoff). ex his quae nigrae sint ac rotundae, sacras esse; urbes per illas expugnari
et classes ; baetulos vocari; quae vero longae sint, ceraunias. faciunt et aliam raram ad-
modum, Magorum studiis expetitam, quoniam non aliubi inveniatur quam in loco fulmine
icto, 37. 176 ombria, quam alii notiam vocant, sicut et ceraunia et brontea, cadere cum
imbribus et fulminibus dicitur eundemque effectum habere ; praeterea hac in aras addita
libamenta non amburi, alib. Pliny's remarks on the ceraunia are served up again by
Solin. 20. 15, 23. 9, Isid. orig. 16. 13. 5, and Myth. Vat. 3. 8. 7 f. See further the passages
cited in Stephanus Thes. Gr. Ling. iv. 1464 A and in the Thes. Ling. Lat. iii. 856, 45 ft.,
857, 9 ff. Cp. also Damigeron de lapidibus (printed in J. B. Pitra Spicilegium Solesmense
Parisiis 1855 iii. 324 ff. and better edited by E. Abel as a sequel to Orph. Lith. Berolini
1881) praef. p. 162, 19 Abel Lapis quartus, qui dicitur ceraunius, sagittarii, 12 p. 173,
8 ff. Abel L^apis Ceraunius. Ceraunius est lapis, quern Aegyptii smaragdum vocant;
invenitur autem in illis locis, ubi fulminis iactus fit; narratur tamen ex contritione nubium
inter se fieri et pro hac causa hoc nomen meruit. Hunc siquis cum castitate portat,
numquam a fulmine ferietur, nec domus, nec villa in qua fuerit. Praeterea si habuerit
eum aliquis navigans, non periclitabitur per fulmen aut turbinem. Ampliusque ad omnem
victoriam et certamen qui portat eum exsuperabit in omnem rem. Sed et oracula dat
obsecranti, in somnis bona somnia; tanta est virtus huius ceraunii lapidis. Damigeron's
account, with some additions from Pliny, was hitched into hexameters and passed on
to the middle ages by Marbodus (bishop of Rennes—died 1123A.D.) liber lapidum
seu de gemmis (ed. J. Beckmann Gottingae 1799) 28 De ceraunio. Ventorum rabie cum
earlier, in the reign of Anastasios i (491—518 A.D.), Timotheos of
Gaza recommended as a safe-guard against thunderstorms the keep-
ing of an inscribed thunder-stone in the house1. And Pliny already
m"
mm*
Fig. 382. Fig. 383.
informs us that a rare variety of thunder-stone, much sought after by
the Magi, is to be found only on a spot struck by lightning2—
1 Timoth. Gaz. de animalibus published by M. Haupt in Hermes 1S69 iii. 30, 26 ff.
( = id. Opuscida Lipsiae 1876 iii. 302, 25 f.) TrepiairTov (so H. Graff for irtpiairTwv cod.) 5e
7rp6s Kepavvov e|ets eav \idov (so H. Graff for iav 8£ et's \L6ov cod.) Kepavviov eTriypa^/as
e'X??s (£'xet cod.) ev r?) ouda "&<pia d^ptff." The inscription is enigmatic : acpiei d<ppvKra
might mean ' Let (my belongings) be unscorched.'
2 Plin. nat. hist. 37. 135 Sotacus et alia duo genera fecit cerauniae, nigrae rubentisque
[similes eas esse securibus] (these four words, omitted in cod. B, are bracketed by
C. Mayhoff). ex his quae nigrae sint ac rotundae, sacras esse; urbes per illas expugnari
et classes ; baetulos vocari; quae vero longae sint, ceraunias. faciunt et aliam raram ad-
modum, Magorum studiis expetitam, quoniam non aliubi inveniatur quam in loco fulmine
icto, 37. 176 ombria, quam alii notiam vocant, sicut et ceraunia et brontea, cadere cum
imbribus et fulminibus dicitur eundemque effectum habere ; praeterea hac in aras addita
libamenta non amburi, alib. Pliny's remarks on the ceraunia are served up again by
Solin. 20. 15, 23. 9, Isid. orig. 16. 13. 5, and Myth. Vat. 3. 8. 7 f. See further the passages
cited in Stephanus Thes. Gr. Ling. iv. 1464 A and in the Thes. Ling. Lat. iii. 856, 45 ft.,
857, 9 ff. Cp. also Damigeron de lapidibus (printed in J. B. Pitra Spicilegium Solesmense
Parisiis 1855 iii. 324 ff. and better edited by E. Abel as a sequel to Orph. Lith. Berolini
1881) praef. p. 162, 19 Abel Lapis quartus, qui dicitur ceraunius, sagittarii, 12 p. 173,
8 ff. Abel L^apis Ceraunius. Ceraunius est lapis, quern Aegyptii smaragdum vocant;
invenitur autem in illis locis, ubi fulminis iactus fit; narratur tamen ex contritione nubium
inter se fieri et pro hac causa hoc nomen meruit. Hunc siquis cum castitate portat,
numquam a fulmine ferietur, nec domus, nec villa in qua fuerit. Praeterea si habuerit
eum aliquis navigans, non periclitabitur per fulmen aut turbinem. Ampliusque ad omnem
victoriam et certamen qui portat eum exsuperabit in omnem rem. Sed et oracula dat
obsecranti, in somnis bona somnia; tanta est virtus huius ceraunii lapidis. Damigeron's
account, with some additions from Pliny, was hitched into hexameters and passed on
to the middle ages by Marbodus (bishop of Rennes—died 1123A.D.) liber lapidum
seu de gemmis (ed. J. Beckmann Gottingae 1799) 28 De ceraunio. Ventorum rabie cum