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Cook, Arthur B.
Zeus: a study in ancient religion (Band 2,2): Zeus god of the dark sky (thunder and lightning): Appendixes and index — Cambridge, 1925

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Appendix G

the myth in Ov. met. 6. 114, Philostr. epist. 30 (58) Hercher, Nonn. Dion. 5.
563 ff., Orph. frag. 195 Kern ap. Prokl. in Plat. Cratyl. p. 85, 19 ff. Pasquali,
Orrfa.frag. 198 Kern ap. Prokl. in Plat, theol. 6. 11 p. 371 Portus, cp. Orph. frags.
180, 192 f. Kern with the remarks of Lobeck Aglaophamus i. 550 m and Orph.
frag. 43 Kern). Zeus installed Dionysos or Zagreus on his own throne as king
of the gods, allowing him to hold the sceptre and wield the lightning, the
thunder, and the rain (supra i. 398 f., 647 n. 3). The decrees of the Father were
confirmed by the Son (Orph. frag. 218 Kern ap. Prokl. in Plat. Tim. iii. 316, 3 ff.
Diehl Kpaive p.ev ovv Zevs ndvra Trarrjp, Banjos §' (Trenpaive, with which Gruppe
Gr. Myth. Rel. p. 432 n. 1 aptly cp. Damaskios quaest. de primisprincipiis 245
(ii. 117, 2 ff. Ruelle) kol 8t) kol 6 Atovvcros iiriKpalvei ra tov Aios i'pya, (prjcrlv 'Opcpevs,
SXottoiov tov Aios ovtos). Apollon (Orph. frag. 211 Kern ap. Prokl. in Plat. Alcib.
i. 83 Creuzer) and the Kouretes (Orph. frag. 151 Kern ap. Prokl. in Plat. Cratyl.
p. 58, 1 ff. Pasquali, in Plat. Tim. i. 317, 11 ff. Diehl, in Plat, theol. 5. 3 p. 253 Portus
and 5. 35 p. 322 Portus) were set to keep watch and ward over the infant king,
who was nurtured by the Nymphs (cp. Nonn. Dion. 24. 43 ff.) like a fruitful
olive (Orph. frag. 206 Kern ap. Clem. Al. strom. 6. 2 p. 442, 8 ff. Stahlin) till his
sixth (?) year (Orph. frag. 257 Kern ap. Tzetz. exeg. II. p. 26 (ed. G. Hermann
Leipzig 1812), cited in this connexion by Lobeck Aglaophamus i. 554). But
Hera in anger got the Titans to trick the boy by means of certain toys (Orph.
frag. 34 Kern ap. Clem. Al. protr. 2. 17. 2 f. p. 14, 7 ff. Stahlin ( = Euseb.
praep. ev. 2. 3. 23 f) to yap Aiovvaov fxvaTTjpia reXeov anavdpwrra- bv elcreri Trai8a
ovra evorrXo) Kivr/aei TrepL^opevovTcov KovprjTcov, SoXw Se vtto8vvtcov Tirdvcov, aTTarr]-
cravTes rrai8apLO)8e<tlv ddvpfiaaiv, ovtoi dr] ol Tirdves $i£<nrao-av, en vrjTrla)(ov ovra,
cos 6 ttjs TeXeTrjs TroirjTrjs 'Opcpfvs (pr/criv 6 QpaKios- ukcovos k.o.1 po/x/3oj kol nalyvia
Kap,TTf<Tiyvia, \ p.rj\d re xpvaea KaXd Trap' ''Eo-Tvepidcov \iyv(fia>va>v." nai Trja8e vplv
ttjs reXerrjs ra d^pe'ia avp.^o\a oiik d^pelov els Kardyvcoaiv Trapadeadcu4 darpdyaXos,
acpaipa, arpo^iXos, p.rjXa, po/x/3oy, ecroTrrpov, ttokos, cp. Arnob. adv. nat. 5. 19 cuius
rei testimonium argumentumque fortunae suis prodidit in carminibus Thracius
talos, speculum, turbines, volubiles rotulas et teretis pilas et virginibus aurea
sumpta ab Hesperidibus mala, supra i. 661 : on these 'toys' see further Lobeck
Aglaophamus i. 699 m and Harrison Proleg. Gk. Rel? p. 490 f.) including a
mirror made by Hephaistos (Orph. frag. 209 Kern ap. Prokl. in Plat. Tim. ii. 80,
19 m Diehl). He was looking at himself in this mirror (Plotin. enn. 4. 3. 12,
Nonn. Dion. 6. 173), when the Titans, having first smeared their faces with
gypsum, attacked him with a knife (Nonn. Dion. 6. 169 ff., cp. supra i. 398,
655 n. 2). To escape them he became a youthful Zeus, an aged Kronos, a babe,
a youth, a lion, a horse, a horned snake, a tiger, and a bull (Nonn. Dion. 6.
174 ff., cp. supra i. 398). A bellowing in mid air from the throat of Hera was
the signal for his fate: the Titans with their knife cut up his bovine form (Nonn.
Dion. 6. 200 ff.) into seven portions (Orph. frag. 210 Kern ap. Prokl. in Plat.
Tim. ii. 146, 9 ff. Diehl), one for each of themselves (Orph. frag. 114, 1 f. Kern
ap. Prokl. in Plat. Tim. i. 450, 16 ff. Diehl, Orph.ynz^. 114, 3 ff. Kern ap. Prokl. in
FlRt.Tim. iii. 184, 3 ff. Diehl, cp. Orph.y"ra^. 107 p. 171 f. Kern ap. Prokl. in Plat.
Tim. iii. 169, 3 ff. Diehl: similarly Typhon divided the body of Osiris into
fourteen (Plout. de Is. et Os. 18, 42: see Frazer Golden Bough'1': Adonis Attis
Osiris3 ii. 129 n. 4, Farnell Cults of Gk. States v. I74ff.) or twenty-six pieces,
one for each of his assailants (Diod. 1. 21 = Euseb. praep. ev.2. 1. 16: Diod. 4. 6
calls the assailants Titans)); they then set a caldron on a tripod, boiled the
portions, pierced them with spits, held them over the fire (Orph. frag. 35
Kern ap. Clem. Al. protr. 2. 18. 1 p. 14, 17 ff. Stahlin cited supra p. 218, cp. Firm.
 
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