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A strapatos, A strap ton
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name of a god or goddess1. The oldest of the series is the fifth-
century pillar of Zeus Storpdos (fig. 781 )'2, whose
appellative denotes the god ' of the Lightning-
flash3.'
Another form of the same title was Astrapaios,
applied to Zeus both in literature4 and in cult.
His worship is attested for Bithynia by inscrip-
tions of the second century A.D.5 At Antandros \t\OilT
in Mysia he had a festival lasting more days than p^j^ f^
onefi. At Athens there was a hearth (eschdra) of
Zeus Astrapaios on the city wall between the
Pythion and the Olympion : here, for three days
and nights in each of three successive months,
the Pythaistai watched a place near Phyle
known as the Chariot (Hdrma); if they saw
a flash of lightning above it, the)* had to send
a certain sacrifice to Delphoi7. The custom must
1 Inscr. Gr. Arc. Lac. Mess, ii nos. 59—66, O. Kern Inscrip-
tiones Graecae Bonnae 1913 p. x pi. 11, 3, supra i. 520 n. 2. Cp.
the Kuppeis discussed infra Append. M.
- A. S. Arvanitopoullos in the 'E0. 'Ap%. 1906 p. 63 f. fig.
(inscription only), K. A. Rhomaios id. 1911 p. [50 fig. 1 ( = my
fig. 781), Inscr. Gr. Arc. Lac. Mess, ii no. 64 fig. (inscription
only). Height: 0-67 '".
3 Hesych. s.vv. crropirdv (so J. Alberti for crroprlav cod.) "
tt)v darpawriv and crrpoird (so T. Bergk for crrpoiri) cod.)- darpawf).
WdcpLoi. See F. Bechtel Die griechischen Dialekte Berlin 1921
i- 351-
4 Aristot. de mundo 7. 401 a 16 f. (Apul. de mnndo 37 trans- 7&r-
lates dcfTpairaios by fulgurator), Cornut. theol. 9 p. 9, 13 Lang,
Eustath. in 11. p. 786, 4, Scholl—Studemund anecd. i. 264 'E7rt#era A16? (6) do-rpairaiov,
266 'E-7u#era Atos (17) do-rpairaiov. In Orph. h. Zeus 15. 9, h. Zeus Astrdpios 20. 5 metre
demands darpdwLe, darpdirwv for darpaivale, darpairalov codcl.: in the title of the latter
hymn E. Abel restored dcrrpairiov for aarpa-rrews codd.
5 P. E. Legrand in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1893 xvii. 539 f. no. 16 (at Tchelidjik near
Kios) dyxdrji rvxVh I 'OXv/xttlui /cat 'AaTpa\waiip /cat Af)p.rjrpL Kap!7ro06pco ^lXijtos ev XW
inrep ruiv 5e<T7ro|ra;j'. Kadiepthdr] be 6 \ 8ebs vnb ~K.app.LbeavQv (unknown) | rod br)p.ov £v rw
7rpcjT(p I erei iiri Ttrou 'Avruvei vov Kaiuapos (138 A.1).), G. Mendel ii. igoo xxiv. 383 f.
no. 33 (at Ieni-Keui on the northern shore of the lake of Nikaia) [dya]6rjL rvxv1 | [---]
Zeus 'An(<j)tpaircuos. | [6] br/p.os ereLp.r)crev Kd<r criov Avalov rbv ^k8i\kov k.t.X.
(i F. Lenormant in the Lev. Arch. [864 ii. 49 'ibo'^e tt)l ^ovXrji /cat tlol br)p.Loi [ Avrav-
bpiwv crrecpavLucrai \ HoXvKpdrrjv IloXvKpdrovs | t'Adr]vatov rrji irpdorrji rr)s\ | eoprijs Atos
'AarpaTraiov j k.t.X.
'' Strab. 404 cos 5' aurtos /cat rb"App.a, rr)s TavaypaiKrjs Kwp.r) epr)p.os irepi rrjv ^ilvKaXr/rrbv,
dirb rov A/jl<piapdov app.aros Aa/3ou<ra rovvop.a, erepa oficra rov' Ap/xaros rod Kara rr\v ' ArriKr)v,
0 eari irepi <$»vXr)v, br)p.ov rr)s 'ArriKrjs bp-opov rij Tavdypa. ivrevdev be r\ ■no.poip.'ia. ri)v dpxrjv
eaxeu V Xeyovcra " btrbrav 5t"Ap/xaros darpd^ri" darpairr)v riva crrjp.eLovp.ivwv Kara XPV°'/J-01'
rCov Xeyofievuv ILvda'io~r<xiv, fiXeirbvrwv ojs e7rt rb "Appta /cat rbre irep.irbvrwv rr\v Ovaiav els
AeXcpovs, brav dcrrpd\pavra 'ibwcriv ■ err)povv b' eVi rpets fxrjvas, Kad' eKacrrov fxrjva iirl rpels
815
name of a god or goddess1. The oldest of the series is the fifth-
century pillar of Zeus Storpdos (fig. 781 )'2, whose
appellative denotes the god ' of the Lightning-
flash3.'
Another form of the same title was Astrapaios,
applied to Zeus both in literature4 and in cult.
His worship is attested for Bithynia by inscrip-
tions of the second century A.D.5 At Antandros \t\OilT
in Mysia he had a festival lasting more days than p^j^ f^
onefi. At Athens there was a hearth (eschdra) of
Zeus Astrapaios on the city wall between the
Pythion and the Olympion : here, for three days
and nights in each of three successive months,
the Pythaistai watched a place near Phyle
known as the Chariot (Hdrma); if they saw
a flash of lightning above it, the)* had to send
a certain sacrifice to Delphoi7. The custom must
1 Inscr. Gr. Arc. Lac. Mess, ii nos. 59—66, O. Kern Inscrip-
tiones Graecae Bonnae 1913 p. x pi. 11, 3, supra i. 520 n. 2. Cp.
the Kuppeis discussed infra Append. M.
- A. S. Arvanitopoullos in the 'E0. 'Ap%. 1906 p. 63 f. fig.
(inscription only), K. A. Rhomaios id. 1911 p. [50 fig. 1 ( = my
fig. 781), Inscr. Gr. Arc. Lac. Mess, ii no. 64 fig. (inscription
only). Height: 0-67 '".
3 Hesych. s.vv. crropirdv (so J. Alberti for crroprlav cod.) "
tt)v darpawriv and crrpoird (so T. Bergk for crrpoiri) cod.)- darpawf).
WdcpLoi. See F. Bechtel Die griechischen Dialekte Berlin 1921
i- 351-
4 Aristot. de mundo 7. 401 a 16 f. (Apul. de mnndo 37 trans- 7&r-
lates dcfTpairaios by fulgurator), Cornut. theol. 9 p. 9, 13 Lang,
Eustath. in 11. p. 786, 4, Scholl—Studemund anecd. i. 264 'E7rt#era A16? (6) do-rpairaiov,
266 'E-7u#era Atos (17) do-rpairaiov. In Orph. h. Zeus 15. 9, h. Zeus Astrdpios 20. 5 metre
demands darpdwLe, darpdirwv for darpaivale, darpairalov codcl.: in the title of the latter
hymn E. Abel restored dcrrpairiov for aarpa-rrews codd.
5 P. E. Legrand in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1893 xvii. 539 f. no. 16 (at Tchelidjik near
Kios) dyxdrji rvxVh I 'OXv/xttlui /cat 'AaTpa\waiip /cat Af)p.rjrpL Kap!7ro06pco ^lXijtos ev XW
inrep ruiv 5e<T7ro|ra;j'. Kadiepthdr] be 6 \ 8ebs vnb ~K.app.LbeavQv (unknown) | rod br)p.ov £v rw
7rpcjT(p I erei iiri Ttrou 'Avruvei vov Kaiuapos (138 A.1).), G. Mendel ii. igoo xxiv. 383 f.
no. 33 (at Ieni-Keui on the northern shore of the lake of Nikaia) [dya]6rjL rvxv1 | [---]
Zeus 'An(<j)tpaircuos. | [6] br/p.os ereLp.r)crev Kd<r criov Avalov rbv ^k8i\kov k.t.X.
(i F. Lenormant in the Lev. Arch. [864 ii. 49 'ibo'^e tt)l ^ovXrji /cat tlol br)p.Loi [ Avrav-
bpiwv crrecpavLucrai \ HoXvKpdrrjv IloXvKpdrovs | t'Adr]vatov rrji irpdorrji rr)s\ | eoprijs Atos
'AarpaTraiov j k.t.X.
'' Strab. 404 cos 5' aurtos /cat rb"App.a, rr)s TavaypaiKrjs Kwp.r) epr)p.os irepi rrjv ^ilvKaXr/rrbv,
dirb rov A/jl<piapdov app.aros Aa/3ou<ra rovvop.a, erepa oficra rov' Ap/xaros rod Kara rr\v ' ArriKr)v,
0 eari irepi <$»vXr)v, br)p.ov rr)s 'ArriKrjs bp-opov rij Tavdypa. ivrevdev be r\ ■no.poip.'ia. ri)v dpxrjv
eaxeu V Xeyovcra " btrbrav 5t"Ap/xaros darpd^ri" darpairr)v riva crrjp.eLovp.ivwv Kara XPV°'/J-01'
rCov Xeyofievuv ILvda'io~r<xiv, fiXeirbvrwv ojs e7rt rb "Appta /cat rbre irep.irbvrwv rr\v Ovaiav els
AeXcpovs, brav dcrrpd\pavra 'ibwcriv ■ err)povv b' eVi rpets fxrjvas, Kad' eKacrrov fxrjva iirl rpels