42 Zeus and the Clouds in Art
In Greece and Italy the belief that the gods were enthroned above
the cloud-belt goes back, through a long line of literary tradition, to
Homer and the Homeric Olympos1. Further east even earthly
Fig- 15-
monarchs laid claim to a like exaltation. Thus Kushana kino's of
o
the Kabul valley, during the first two centuries of our era, issued
numerous gold coins on which their supramundane position was duly
indicated. V'ima Kadphises, son of Kujula Kadphises and conqueror
1 Supra i. ioi f. pi. ix, i and 2.
In Greece and Italy the belief that the gods were enthroned above
the cloud-belt goes back, through a long line of literary tradition, to
Homer and the Homeric Olympos1. Further east even earthly
Fig- 15-
monarchs laid claim to a like exaltation. Thus Kushana kino's of
o
the Kabul valley, during the first two centuries of our era, issued
numerous gold coins on which their supramundane position was duly
indicated. V'ima Kadphises, son of Kujula Kadphises and conqueror
1 Supra i. ioi f. pi. ix, i and 2.