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Cook, Arthur B.
Zeus: a study in ancient religion (Band 3,1): Zeus god of the dark sky (earthquake, clouds, wind, dew, rain, meteorits): Text and notes — Cambridge, 1940

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The Clouds personified in Cult and Myth 85

from the seated Zeus much as Nike does on the puteal; and here, as there, the three
females grouped on the right must be the Fates. If so, the corn-ears are a later
modification of the lots held by Lachesis (pace Helbig loc. cit.; ' Indes hat eine erneute
Untersuchung ergeben, dass an den Ahren von Uberarbeitung keine Spur zu finden ist').
What purpose was served originally by this frieze (Visconti loc. cit.: ' Haut. trois palmes,
un tiers; longueur dix palmes moins deux onces'), and whether it was continued by means
of other figures to the right, we cannot say.

(2) A child's sarcophagus of late Roman date (White marble. Height o-29m: length
°'69m), in the collection formed by Field-marshal Count Lavall Nugent, was found at
Minturnae (?), was exhibited at the Palazzo Pisani in Venice, and is now preserved in
Tersatto Castle near Fiume. Its front represents the birth of Dionysos in a series of three
scenes separated by herms (E. Wolff in the Bull. d. Inst. 1831 p. 67, C. Lenormant in
|he Ann. d. Inst. 1833 v. 210—218, Mon. d. Inst, i pi. 45, A ( = my fig. 28), F. Wieseler
in C. O. Muller Denkmdler der alien Kunst Gdttingen 1835—1856 ii. 2. 13 f. pi. 34. 392'
Welcker Gr. Gbtterl. ii. 580 n. 20, F. Lenormant in Daremberg—Saglio Did. Ant. i. 602
fig- 679, O. Benndorf in Wien. Vorlegebl. A pi. 12, 8, R. Schneider in the Arch.-ep.
Mitth. 1881 v. 167—169 no. 36, H. Heydemann Dionysos'' Geburt und Kindheil (Win-
ckelmannsfest-Progr. Halle 1885) pp. 8 f., 16 f., P. V. C. Baur Eileithyia (The University
°f Missouri Studies i. 4) University of Missouri 1902 p. 86). To the right Semele lies

Fig. 28.

exhausted on a couch, her left hand propping her head, her right drooping as if she held
flowers (Schneider, Heydemann). Beneath the couch a jug and bowl are in readiness for
the bath of the expected infant. Zeus appears above a wall in the background, lays his
left arm on Semele's neck (Schneider, Heydemann), and brandishes a thunderbolt in his
r'ght hand. To the left Zeus sits erect on a chair with a footstool, upon which is set a large
Urn- His right hand presses hard on the chair; his left grasps a long sceptre. A winged
goddess, presumably Nike playing the part of Eileithyia (E. Gerhard in the Bull. d. Inst.
l83i p. 67 n. 1, followed by Wieseler, Schneider, Heydemann, Baur, was content to
describe her as a winged Eileithyia), touches with her outstretched left hand the right
'eg of Zeus, which is bandaged (Schneider, Heydemann), not bare: the god has been
already delivered. In the centre Hermes, looking round towards Zeus, carries off the
newborn babe to the Nymphs, one of whom is seen reclining behind him (so E. Wolff loc.
• p- Lenormant, Wieseler, and Schneider would recognise Gaia).
Similar in type, but with sides reversed, is a fragmentary relief (Luna mar > e.
"eight rwp . iengUl Q.^m) found on the Esquiline in 1874 and now in the Palazzo ttei
^onservatori at Rome (C. L. Visconti 'Frammento di rilievo rappresentante la nascita 01
iJacco' in the Bull. Comm. Arch. Comun. di Roma 1874 ii. 89-96 pi- 3 ( = my »*•

Heydemann op. cit. p. 17, G. Lafaye in Daremberg-Saglio Diet. Ant. 11. 9»2
fig- 2884, P. V. C. Baur op. cit. p. 86, Stuart Tones Cat. Sculpt. Pal. d. Conserv home
P- 8S Galleria no. ,6 pi. 3.). Zeus is seated'to the left. His left leg, covered by a
 
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