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Gradual elimination of the thunderbolt 757
even more of the sceptre and even less of the thunderbolt; for the
former is held yet higher, while the latter has simply disappeared.
Another long-established1 type was that of Zeus seated on a
throne with an eagle flying either to him or from him. Laconian
cups of c. 550-500 B.C.2 adopted the former pose3; Arcadian coins
of s. V preferred the latter4. This federal coinage, probably struck
at Heraia in western Arkadia5, was not unnaturally imitated at
Olympia, hardly more than a dozen miles away, where a very
Fig. 700. Fig. 701.
similar Zeus appears seated on a throne with a himdtion about his
waist, a sceptre in his left hand, a winged thunderbolt in his right,
and an eagle flying before him (figs. 700, 701)6. The Olympian
coins start the third of four series dated by Mr C. T. Seltman
between c. 452 and c. 432 B.C.7 It is therefore possible, not to say
probable, that Pheidias, who quitted Athens for Olympia after
the dedication of Athena Parthenos in 438s, took a hint for his
1 According to T. Wiegand Die archaische Foros-Architektur der Akropolis zu A then
Cassel and Leipzig 1904 p. 105 f. figs. 10S, 109, the seated Zeus from the eastern pedi-
ment of the old Hekatompedon at Athens held an eagle in his left hand (hand holding
bird's claws extant). A. Furtwangler too in the Sitzimgsber. d. kais. bayr. Akad. d. Wiss.
Phil.-hist. Classe 1905 p. 447 = his Aegina Miinchen 1906 i. 317 fig. 253 restores Zeus with
an eagle in his left hand, a thunderbolt in his right. But G. Dickins Catalogue of the
Acropolis Museum Cambridge 1912 i. 62 ff., 73 no. 25, accepting R. Heberdey's recon-
struction of the pediment, first suggests that Zeus had a sceptre in his raised left hand,
some object unknown in his lowered right, and then adds : ' The figure may be safely
recognized as ZEUS holding a sceptre or a thunderbolt, and, probably, an eagle.' vix
liquet.
2 Supra p. 744 n. 4. 3 Supra i. 92 f. fig. 65, 782 pi. xlii.
4 Supra i. 68 f. fig. 39 ff. 5 Supra i. 68.
0 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Peloponnesus p. 59 pi. io, n, P. Gardner in the Nzun. Chron.
New Series 1879 X1X' P1, II> u 2 (London), Babelon Monn. gr. rom. ii. 3. 707 ff.
no. 1049 pl- 229> 11 (London : rev. only), no. 1050 pi. 229, 12 (Pozzi), C. T. Seltman in
Nomisma 1913 viii. 48 f. no. 98 pi. 3, /3p (London : rev. only), no. 99 pi. 3, AZ (3<t (Pozzi),
Head Hist, num.- p. 420. Fig. 700 is from a cast of the British Museum coin (rev.
[F A A] E 10 [N]) ; fig. 701 is from the Pozzi example, which is now in my collection
(obv. countermarks: Gorgoneion, hind foot of mule to right, and a third, rev. F A retro-
grade). There is no other known specimen of either piece.
7 C. T. Seltman in Nomisma 1913 viii. 43, 57 f.
8 This at least seems clear from Philochoros frag. 97 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 400 Muller)
ap. schol. Aristoph./ax 605, on the text of which see R. Scholl 'Der Prozess des Phidias'
in the Sitzimgsber. d. kais. bayr. Akad. d. Wiss. Phil.-hist. Classe 1888 i. 20 ff. J. Nicole
Le proces de Phidias dans les Chroniques dApollodore Geneve 1910 pp. 1—50 with fac-
even more of the sceptre and even less of the thunderbolt; for the
former is held yet higher, while the latter has simply disappeared.
Another long-established1 type was that of Zeus seated on a
throne with an eagle flying either to him or from him. Laconian
cups of c. 550-500 B.C.2 adopted the former pose3; Arcadian coins
of s. V preferred the latter4. This federal coinage, probably struck
at Heraia in western Arkadia5, was not unnaturally imitated at
Olympia, hardly more than a dozen miles away, where a very
Fig. 700. Fig. 701.
similar Zeus appears seated on a throne with a himdtion about his
waist, a sceptre in his left hand, a winged thunderbolt in his right,
and an eagle flying before him (figs. 700, 701)6. The Olympian
coins start the third of four series dated by Mr C. T. Seltman
between c. 452 and c. 432 B.C.7 It is therefore possible, not to say
probable, that Pheidias, who quitted Athens for Olympia after
the dedication of Athena Parthenos in 438s, took a hint for his
1 According to T. Wiegand Die archaische Foros-Architektur der Akropolis zu A then
Cassel and Leipzig 1904 p. 105 f. figs. 10S, 109, the seated Zeus from the eastern pedi-
ment of the old Hekatompedon at Athens held an eagle in his left hand (hand holding
bird's claws extant). A. Furtwangler too in the Sitzimgsber. d. kais. bayr. Akad. d. Wiss.
Phil.-hist. Classe 1905 p. 447 = his Aegina Miinchen 1906 i. 317 fig. 253 restores Zeus with
an eagle in his left hand, a thunderbolt in his right. But G. Dickins Catalogue of the
Acropolis Museum Cambridge 1912 i. 62 ff., 73 no. 25, accepting R. Heberdey's recon-
struction of the pediment, first suggests that Zeus had a sceptre in his raised left hand,
some object unknown in his lowered right, and then adds : ' The figure may be safely
recognized as ZEUS holding a sceptre or a thunderbolt, and, probably, an eagle.' vix
liquet.
2 Supra p. 744 n. 4. 3 Supra i. 92 f. fig. 65, 782 pi. xlii.
4 Supra i. 68 f. fig. 39 ff. 5 Supra i. 68.
0 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Peloponnesus p. 59 pi. io, n, P. Gardner in the Nzun. Chron.
New Series 1879 X1X' P1, II> u 2 (London), Babelon Monn. gr. rom. ii. 3. 707 ff.
no. 1049 pl- 229> 11 (London : rev. only), no. 1050 pi. 229, 12 (Pozzi), C. T. Seltman in
Nomisma 1913 viii. 48 f. no. 98 pi. 3, /3p (London : rev. only), no. 99 pi. 3, AZ (3<t (Pozzi),
Head Hist, num.- p. 420. Fig. 700 is from a cast of the British Museum coin (rev.
[F A A] E 10 [N]) ; fig. 701 is from the Pozzi example, which is now in my collection
(obv. countermarks: Gorgoneion, hind foot of mule to right, and a third, rev. F A retro-
grade). There is no other known specimen of either piece.
7 C. T. Seltman in Nomisma 1913 viii. 43, 57 f.
8 This at least seems clear from Philochoros frag. 97 {Frag. hist. Gr. i. 400 Muller)
ap. schol. Aristoph./ax 605, on the text of which see R. Scholl 'Der Prozess des Phidias'
in the Sitzimgsber. d. kais. bayr. Akad. d. Wiss. Phil.-hist. Classe 1888 i. 20 ff. J. Nicole
Le proces de Phidias dans les Chroniques dApollodore Geneve 1910 pp. 1—50 with fac-