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The Mountain-cults of Zeus 953
Mysia
Kyzikos1.
Mount Olympos2.
Pergamon3.
Here Judeich discovered a rock-cut altar (loc. cit. p. in ff. figs. 160 view and 161 plan
( = my fig. 845)) measuring c. 13™ x 15™ and approached by three flights of steps on the
Fig. 845-
west and south sides. A modern cistern constructed on the spot is believed to work cures
with its water and probably preserves the sanctity of the ancient altar.
1 Zeus "fflotos and Geos "T^/ilttos {supra p. 881 n. o no. (21)).
2 Zeus '0\vp.irios (Mnaseas frag. 30 {Frag. hist. Gr. iii. 154 Mtiller) ap. schol. T. //.
20. 234 Mvaaeas p.ev (prjcnv faro Tclvt&Xov TjpTrdadai (sc. Yavvfxr]Sr]v) Kai ev Kvvrjyeffiip
irecrovTa TatpTjvai ev tu> Mucrty '0\vp.irw Kara to iepbv tov OXvfxiriov Aids). Supra i. 116
n. 8, 124.
3 The district of Pergamon was of old sacred to the Kabeiroi (Paus. 1. 4. 6 rjv 5e
ve/j.ovTai o'l HepyaiJ.7]voi, Kaj3eipun> lepdv (paaiv elvai to apxo-lov), who as the most ancient
deities of the land were worshipped with mystic rites and invoked in stormy weather
(Aristeid. or. 55 (ii. 709 Dindorf) tovt6 fxoi (Grauert cj. fikv) Trpeaf3uTaToi daipLovuv evTavda
\eyovTai yeviaOai ~K.d(3eipoL, Kal reXerai tovtols Kai fj.vcFT7)pLa, d TocrauTyv iaxvv ^xeLV tt£-k'l<j-
TevTcti wcTTe xu^vwv re £k,a.io-'uov (with which word the fragmentary oration ends)). Their
cult, attested by the name of a prj/tanis Kdficipos (M. Frankel DieInschriften von Pergamon
Berlin 1895 ii. 177 ff. no. 251, 1 and 34, cp. E. Sittig De Graecoru??i nominibus theophoris
Halis Saxonum 1911 p. 143 f.), was perhaps at one time carried on in connexion with the
apsidal building hidden by the foundations of the great Pergamene altar {supra i. 120).
They are represented on the large frieze of that altar as two youthful warriors attacking a
huge bovine giant with double axe and sword respectively {supra i. no n. 4). Coppers
of Severus Alexander {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Mysia p. 158 pi. 32, 3) and Gallienus {id.
p. 162 pi. 32, 8) show two youthful male figures standing on either side of an altar: one
Mysia
Kyzikos1.
Mount Olympos2.
Pergamon3.
Here Judeich discovered a rock-cut altar (loc. cit. p. in ff. figs. 160 view and 161 plan
( = my fig. 845)) measuring c. 13™ x 15™ and approached by three flights of steps on the
Fig. 845-
west and south sides. A modern cistern constructed on the spot is believed to work cures
with its water and probably preserves the sanctity of the ancient altar.
1 Zeus "fflotos and Geos "T^/ilttos {supra p. 881 n. o no. (21)).
2 Zeus '0\vp.irios (Mnaseas frag. 30 {Frag. hist. Gr. iii. 154 Mtiller) ap. schol. T. //.
20. 234 Mvaaeas p.ev (prjcnv faro Tclvt&Xov TjpTrdadai (sc. Yavvfxr]Sr]v) Kai ev Kvvrjyeffiip
irecrovTa TatpTjvai ev tu> Mucrty '0\vp.irw Kara to iepbv tov OXvfxiriov Aids). Supra i. 116
n. 8, 124.
3 The district of Pergamon was of old sacred to the Kabeiroi (Paus. 1. 4. 6 rjv 5e
ve/j.ovTai o'l HepyaiJ.7]voi, Kaj3eipun> lepdv (paaiv elvai to apxo-lov), who as the most ancient
deities of the land were worshipped with mystic rites and invoked in stormy weather
(Aristeid. or. 55 (ii. 709 Dindorf) tovt6 fxoi (Grauert cj. fikv) Trpeaf3uTaToi daipLovuv evTavda
\eyovTai yeviaOai ~K.d(3eipoL, Kal reXerai tovtols Kai fj.vcFT7)pLa, d TocrauTyv iaxvv ^xeLV tt£-k'l<j-
TevTcti wcTTe xu^vwv re £k,a.io-'uov (with which word the fragmentary oration ends)). Their
cult, attested by the name of a prj/tanis Kdficipos (M. Frankel DieInschriften von Pergamon
Berlin 1895 ii. 177 ff. no. 251, 1 and 34, cp. E. Sittig De Graecoru??i nominibus theophoris
Halis Saxonum 1911 p. 143 f.), was perhaps at one time carried on in connexion with the
apsidal building hidden by the foundations of the great Pergamene altar {supra i. 120).
They are represented on the large frieze of that altar as two youthful warriors attacking a
huge bovine giant with double axe and sword respectively {supra i. no n. 4). Coppers
of Severus Alexander {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Mysia p. 158 pi. 32, 3) and Gallienus {id.
p. 162 pi. 32, 8) show two youthful male figures standing on either side of an altar: one