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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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Zeus as an ox; Zeus Olbios 655

As to Zeus 'ATa/3i5pios, see supra ii. 925 n. o.

Zeus appears occasionally on the bronze coins of Olbia, usually as a bearded head in
Profile to the right, with a sceptre or more often an eagle on the reverse (Ant. Miinz.

e' '" Taurische Chersonesus, etc. i. 22 nos. 63—65, 27 nos. 125—127, Ant. Miinz.
Nord-Griechenlands i. 1 pi. 11, 3—6 ( = my figs. 459—461), E. H. Minns op. cit. p. 476
n' ° P'- 3> 12 £), rarely in imperial times as a seated figure holding a sceptre, with Tychc
rect grasping cornu copiae and rudder on the reverse (B. de Koehne Description du
Miisee de feu le Prince Kolschoubey St.-Petersbourg 1857 i. 88, Ant. Miinz. Berlin
^?™nscke Chersonesus, etc. i. 28 no. 134 fig. ( = my fig. 462) 'Sitzender Apollo,' Ant.
«*. Nord-Griechenlands i. 1 pi. [I, 22 ( = my fig. 463). Miss Hirst in the Journ.
6 ' ^ud. 1903 xxiii 39 n. 103: 'If the attribution to Zeus is accepted, might it be
considered as a representation of Zeus"0\/3ioj, in consideration of the reverse type?').

Fig- 459- Fig. 460.

Fig. 461.

t F'g- 462. Fig. 463.

Greek towndea'llably CUrious that Zeus "°^«os, as namesake and paramount deity of the
P°Ssi»ility n'F°es not bulk digger on its coinage. I am tempted to suggest a further
Wh'ch wer'e . ' H- Minns op. cit. p. 478 f. writes: 'The commonest coins of Olbia, coins
°bverSe a Iss"ed for many generations to judge by the varieties of style, bore on their
T bee" so0med W'th long rough hair and sometimes ox ears (PL HI. 4, 5). there
i.evil and call' d°uljt wnom tms might represent: the Russian peasants recognise the
> as they - P!ace where they are mostly picked up the Devil's Dell; others find
110 d°ul>t ),g ')Ut "' a Scythian or a Russian peasant; to others he is Poseidon. But
j"1 idea as th'S really,a river g°d Hypanis or Borysthenes. It is a less crude version of such
■° Sar,»atia e 8°d GeIas on the coins of that city.' However, it is a far cry from Sicily
J* PreciSe]y a much closer anaIog>' is at hand. A ' horned head with long rough hair'

has f°tnnate] *■ Saw on the stile found near Kyzikos (s»Pra P- 6*9 fig- 4*7). which
i^^ed llead y lnscribed with the name of Zeus '0\/3ios. I conjecture, therefore, that the
a ' Minns°" °lbian coins {<•&• Ant- Mtinx. Nord-Griechenlands i. 1 pi. 9, 26—29,
refrorn a,,t "m"'' PL 3' 4 L> McClea» Cat. Coins ii. 155 f. pi. i59> «5- My figs-
•Munz. Nord-Griechenlands i. 1 pi. 9, 26 ( = my fig. 464), 27 (=my fig. 465),
 
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