796 The thunderbolt of Zeus
Different in character from this early representation are the
attempts made occasionally throughout the classical period to equip
Fig. 765-
Poseidon with the attributes of Zeus, attempts possibly prompted
by the lingering belief that the former was fundamentally akin to
inscribed POM 0$A that Poseidon is actually dubbed Aio(s) (dyaX/xa). Why not
read Tlo<roi5{ai') ? Cp. Babelon Monn. gr. rom. ii. r. 1431 f. no. 2132 with n. 3, and
F. Bechtel Die griechischen Dialekte Berlin 1921 i. 350 f.
Different in character from this early representation are the
attempts made occasionally throughout the classical period to equip
Fig. 765-
Poseidon with the attributes of Zeus, attempts possibly prompted
by the lingering belief that the former was fundamentally akin to
inscribed POM 0$A that Poseidon is actually dubbed Aio(s) (dyaX/xa). Why not
read Tlo<roi5{ai') ? Cp. Babelon Monn. gr. rom. ii. r. 1431 f. no. 2132 with n. 3, and
F. Bechtel Die griechischen Dialekte Berlin 1921 i. 350 f.