Cook, Arthur B.: Zeus: a study in ancient religion (Band 3,2): Zeus god of the dark sky (earthquake, clouds, wind, dew, rain, meteorits) (Cambridge, 1940)

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described by Mr E. J. Seltman (supra ii. 1225) and was obviously modern. The other,
of heavier make and devoid of the signature' T. A7", represented three herms in juxta-
position—Poseidon, Zeus, Hades—all wearing kdlathoi and each marked in front by his
attribute. Was this M. Herennius the decurio of Pompeii who was struck by lightning
on a cloudless day (Plin. uat. hist. 2. 137: F. Mttnzer in Pauly—Wissowa Rcal-Enc.
viii. 664) ?

ii. 805 the Etruscan bidental. See further G. Furlani ' II bidenlal etrusco e un'
iscrizione di Tiglatpileser I d' Assiria' in Studi e Materiali di storia delle religioni 1930
vi. 9—49 (reviewed by G. B. Pighi in Aevitm 1930 iv. 415—417 and by L. Banti in Studi
etruschi 1931 v. 624).

ii. 807 n. 5 (5) astragalomanteia. E. Riess in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Em: ii. 1793 and
T. Hopfner ii. Suppl. iv. 51—56. An article on 'Wurforakel' is promised for the
' Nachtrag' of vol. ix of the Handwbrterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens Berlin 1938— .

ii. 808 n. o (9) Zeus Keraunios in Moesia Inferior. C. M. Danoff ' Eine neue Weihung
an Zeus Keraunios aus Niedermoesien' in the Archiv f. Rel. 1936 xxxiii. 166—-169 with

Fig. 904.

fig. ( = my fig. 904) publishes a rectangular limestone altar of Roman date found in 1925
at Tirnovo near Nikopolis. Its dedication runs 'Tux^t'] I Kepavvlu 'E-7ri<pa\-

v€cjt6.tu) Kara ovttpoy \ ejiTayT]" Aenpla 'B?rkri)(ris j [ii7r]fp fcnrr?}s Kal tov av\[dpbs~\ Ae.....v

Zairlov I Ka[l t]wv t4kvuiv Kal twIv] | [l]5iwv evxys X^P1" a.v(aTT]a[e\ The husband's name
was perhaps AeKipws or AeKovpios.

ii. 808 n. o (13) Zeus Keraunios in Thessaly. A. S. Arvanitopoulos in the 'Apx- E0.
1924 pp. 143—146 no. 388 fig. 2 ( = my fig. 905) publishes a stile of local grey marble,
found in the ruins of a temple of Zeus at Pythion (Topbliane) in Thessaly. This is
inscribed in lettering of c. 200 B.C. or a little earlier [At; or Tt]p.oKpa.t7)s 'Av[Ti]w[aT]po[v] |
[*a]i ['B]7r[i]i'[i]k7; lIavaiu>[iov] | [A](i i Ke\pav\vLta and bears a relief representing Zeus as a
bearded god, in a himdtion, striding from left to right. His raised right hand brandishes
a bolt; his outstretched left has an eagle on the forearm and appears to touch the apex
of a tombstone, round which is bound a fillet painted purple. To the right of the tomb-
stone stands Epinike, fully draped and perhaps carrying a phidle. Kern thought her a
priestess, but Arvanitopoulos with more probability supposes that she was the wife of
De(?)mokrates, that her husband had been killed by lightning, and that she put up this
votive relief to avoid sharing in his fate.

ii. 808 n. o (17) Zeus Keraunios at Rome. This inscription is included in the latest
(1933) fascicule of the Corp. inscr. Lat. vi. 4 no. 36802.

ii. 811 n. 5 fig. 777. Furtwangler Ant. Gemmen i pi. 48, 4, ii. 4 comments: ' fri.ih.er
Sammlung Blacas...wohl Titus oder Domitian.'

ii. 812 fig. 778. C. T. Seltman in The Cambridge Ancient History Cambridge 1934
Plates iv. 144 fig. b speaks of 'a small Cupid (wing and lower part only preserved)
helping to support the huge thunderbolt.' I see rather a Giant with snaky legs and curled
wing. The Pergamene frieze had set the fashion.