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The Mountain-cults of Zeus 907
Korkyra (P)1.
Kephallenia
Mount Ainos2.
{Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Thessaly etc. p. 153 ff. pi. 25, 5 ( = my fig. 823), 6—n, Hunter
Cat. Coins ii. 21 pi. 32, 4, Head Hist, num.'2 p. 328). Imperial coppers from Antoninus
Pius to Geta (138—222 a.d.) repeat the type with legend Z6VC K AC IOC Antoninus
Pius, KOPKVPAICON KACCIOC M. Aurelius, or KOPKVPAI00N M. Aurelius to
Geta {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Thessaly etc. p. 158 ff. pi. 26, 1, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 21
Fig. 823. . Fig. 824.
no. 53, 23 nos. 65, 67, 72, Head Hist, num.2 p. 328). Coins of Korkyra, Lakedaimon,
Knidos, etc. are found countermarked with various abbreviations of the words Aids Kacriov
and were probably dedicated in his temple (Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Thessaly etc. p. 158
pi. 25, 14 ( = my fig. 824) and 15, Babelon Monn. gr. rom. i. 1. 647, 676 f.).
Zeus Kdcrios, an oriental deity (Frau Adler in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. x. 2265 —
2267 and A. Salaci ' ZETS KA2I02' in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1922 xlvi. 160—189) whose
cult had been introduced, perhaps via Delos (A. Salac ib. pp. 165, 189), either from
Mt Kasion on the Otolites (infra Append. B Syria) or from Mt Kasion near Pelousion
(infra Append. B Aigyptos), was in Korkyra readily identified with the Zeus of Kassiope,
a Hellenic god probably connected with Mt Pantokrator (911111) behind the town. The
accidental resemblance of Kdcrios to KaaaLOTrrj would suffice to ensure his popularity.
1 Zeus"Ti/'icrros (supra p. 879 n. o no. (12)).
2 Mt Ainos, the chief mountain of Kephallenia, rises to a height of 1620111 and is
known as Elatovouno or Monte Nero from the dark fir-trees with which it was formerly
clad (C. Bursian Geographie von Griechenland Leipzig 1872 ii. 372). On it was the
sanctuary of Zeus AivqcjLos (Strab. 456 p-iyurrov 8' opoi ev avrrj <Alvos (ins. Xylander) >,
ev dp to Atos Alv-qcriov iepov), to whom the Boreadai prayed when pursuing the Harpyiai
(schol. Ap. Rhod. 2. 297 6Vt 8e riv^avro oi irepi TirjTrjv Tip Ail arpaipevTes \iyei KaVHcriodos
(frag. 57 Rzach) 'ivd' 01 y ei>xeo~dijv Aivrjiip iixpip^eSovTi.' '£<jti yap tcai Alvos opos rrjs
KecpaXijvias, oirov Ahrjcriov Aios iepov ecmv ■ ou p.vrnxovsvtL kui A£ojv iv Ylepiw\u) (Leon of
Byzantion frag. 4 (Frag. hist. Gr. ii. 330 f. Muller)) koX Ar)p.oadev7}s ev rois Aifieaiv
(? Demosthenes of Bithynia (Frag. hist. Gr. iv. 384 Muller)). But Midler op. cit. ii. 331,
iv. 365 emends the text to oS p,vr)^ovevei KAewi' ev ru Ilept Xi/xevicv /cat 'Tifiocrdevris ev reus
Aifj.e<riv. The emendation KXeuv is confirmed by et. gen. s.v. aper&v-.../cat KXew^ ev rip
llepiirXw (E. Miller Melanges de litte'rature grecque Paris 1868 p. 41), and Kleon of
Syracuse was associated with Timosthenes (Frag. hist. Gr. iv. 365 Midler)).
Bronze coins of Pronnoi on the south-eastern coast of Kephallenia, from c. 370 B.C.
onwards, have obv. head of Zeus AtV-^crtos, laureate, rev. a fir-cone, sometimes with twigs
(Rasche Lex. Num. iv. 1205, Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Peloponnesus p. 89 pi. 18, 7 and 8,
Babelon Monn. gr. rom. ii. 3. 807f. pi. 238, 26 and 27, Head Hist, num.? p. 428).
D. T. Ansted The Ionian Islands in the year 1863 London 1863 p. 345 f. describes
his ascent of Mt Ainos : ' Through a couple of miles of forest of these noble trees, through
two or three miles also of hard, granulated snow and some snow recently fallen and very
soft, I made my way from the cottage to the top of the mountain. The path is long, but
Korkyra (P)1.
Kephallenia
Mount Ainos2.
{Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Thessaly etc. p. 153 ff. pi. 25, 5 ( = my fig. 823), 6—n, Hunter
Cat. Coins ii. 21 pi. 32, 4, Head Hist, num.'2 p. 328). Imperial coppers from Antoninus
Pius to Geta (138—222 a.d.) repeat the type with legend Z6VC K AC IOC Antoninus
Pius, KOPKVPAICON KACCIOC M. Aurelius, or KOPKVPAI00N M. Aurelius to
Geta {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Thessaly etc. p. 158 ff. pi. 26, 1, Hunter Cat. Coins ii. 21
Fig. 823. . Fig. 824.
no. 53, 23 nos. 65, 67, 72, Head Hist, num.2 p. 328). Coins of Korkyra, Lakedaimon,
Knidos, etc. are found countermarked with various abbreviations of the words Aids Kacriov
and were probably dedicated in his temple (Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Thessaly etc. p. 158
pi. 25, 14 ( = my fig. 824) and 15, Babelon Monn. gr. rom. i. 1. 647, 676 f.).
Zeus Kdcrios, an oriental deity (Frau Adler in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. x. 2265 —
2267 and A. Salaci ' ZETS KA2I02' in the Bull. Corr. Hell. 1922 xlvi. 160—189) whose
cult had been introduced, perhaps via Delos (A. Salac ib. pp. 165, 189), either from
Mt Kasion on the Otolites (infra Append. B Syria) or from Mt Kasion near Pelousion
(infra Append. B Aigyptos), was in Korkyra readily identified with the Zeus of Kassiope,
a Hellenic god probably connected with Mt Pantokrator (911111) behind the town. The
accidental resemblance of Kdcrios to KaaaLOTrrj would suffice to ensure his popularity.
1 Zeus"Ti/'icrros (supra p. 879 n. o no. (12)).
2 Mt Ainos, the chief mountain of Kephallenia, rises to a height of 1620111 and is
known as Elatovouno or Monte Nero from the dark fir-trees with which it was formerly
clad (C. Bursian Geographie von Griechenland Leipzig 1872 ii. 372). On it was the
sanctuary of Zeus AivqcjLos (Strab. 456 p-iyurrov 8' opoi ev avrrj <Alvos (ins. Xylander) >,
ev dp to Atos Alv-qcriov iepov), to whom the Boreadai prayed when pursuing the Harpyiai
(schol. Ap. Rhod. 2. 297 6Vt 8e riv^avro oi irepi TirjTrjv Tip Ail arpaipevTes \iyei KaVHcriodos
(frag. 57 Rzach) 'ivd' 01 y ei>xeo~dijv Aivrjiip iixpip^eSovTi.' '£<jti yap tcai Alvos opos rrjs
KecpaXijvias, oirov Ahrjcriov Aios iepov ecmv ■ ou p.vrnxovsvtL kui A£ojv iv Ylepiw\u) (Leon of
Byzantion frag. 4 (Frag. hist. Gr. ii. 330 f. Muller)) koX Ar)p.oadev7}s ev rois Aifieaiv
(? Demosthenes of Bithynia (Frag. hist. Gr. iv. 384 Muller)). But Midler op. cit. ii. 331,
iv. 365 emends the text to oS p,vr)^ovevei KAewi' ev ru Ilept Xi/xevicv /cat 'Tifiocrdevris ev reus
Aifj.e<riv. The emendation KXeuv is confirmed by et. gen. s.v. aper&v-.../cat KXew^ ev rip
llepiirXw (E. Miller Melanges de litte'rature grecque Paris 1868 p. 41), and Kleon of
Syracuse was associated with Timosthenes (Frag. hist. Gr. iv. 365 Midler)).
Bronze coins of Pronnoi on the south-eastern coast of Kephallenia, from c. 370 B.C.
onwards, have obv. head of Zeus AtV-^crtos, laureate, rev. a fir-cone, sometimes with twigs
(Rasche Lex. Num. iv. 1205, Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Peloponnesus p. 89 pi. 18, 7 and 8,
Babelon Monn. gr. rom. ii. 3. 807f. pi. 238, 26 and 27, Head Hist, num.? p. 428).
D. T. Ansted The Ionian Islands in the year 1863 London 1863 p. 345 f. describes
his ascent of Mt Ainos : ' Through a couple of miles of forest of these noble trees, through
two or three miles also of hard, granulated snow and some snow recently fallen and very
soft, I made my way from the cottage to the top of the mountain. The path is long, but