Zeus : a study in ancient religion . -god. This belief has left traces of itself throughout thehistorical period of Greece and Rome 2; indeed, it appears to have lingeredon^ well into the middle ages*. In a sense it is still with us^. But if themythopoeic mind fitly transformed any ancient king into an eagle *^, it did soin the case of Periphas with a clear conscience. For Periphas, as son or fatherof Lapithes, was near akin to the Phlegyai^, whose very name marks themas an Eagle-tribe^. In conclusion, the devotion of Periphas to Apollon is adequately explained,either by the fact that in the L
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . -god. This belief has left traces of itself throughout thehistorical period of Greece and Rome 2; indeed, it appears to have lingeredon^ well into the middle ages*. In a sense it is still with us^. But if themythopoeic mind fitly transformed any ancient king into an eagle *^, it did soin the case of Periphas with a clear conscience. For Periphas, as son or fatherof Lapithes, was near akin to the Phlegyai^, whose very name marks themas an Eagle-tribe^. In conclusion, the devotion of Periphas to Apollon is adequately explained,either by the fact that in the Lapith genealogy Lapithes and Kentauros were to right, with an eagles head and sceptre beloM (Babelon Monn. rep. rom. i. 278 f. fig., Brit. Mus. Cat. Rom. Coins Rep. ii. 571 fig.:there are denarii with the same type—Babelon op. 279, Brit. Mus. Cat. Rom. Coins Rep. ii. 571 no. 4pi. 121, 2, no. 5). A first brass of Hadrian has ENTIADEORVM and s-c-, an eagle flying witha sceptre towards the emperor, who stands with a. Fig. 958. roll in his left hand (Cohen Monn. emp. rom.^ ii. 208no. 1207. Fig. 958 is from a specimen in my ih. no. 1208 fig. shows a second brass with thesame design). 1 Supra i. 105 f. fig. 76, 164 n. 4, 532 figs. 395—400,543 n. 6, and especially ii. 187 n. 8, 751 f.^ Supra p. 1133 n. i.^ Cp. R. Garrucci Storia della Arte Cristiana Prato 1881 iv. 76 pi. 226, 5.^ Mrs H. Jenner Christian Symbolism. London 1910 p. 41 f.: * The Eagle is chieflyused to suggest the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to saints of the Old Law, such as Davidand Elisha, but it is not common. This is illustrated by a plate from an English MS. ofs. xi now in the British Museum (Cotton. Tib. C. vi), which shows David inspired bythe eagle on his sceptre (Mrs Jenner by an odd sHp says dove): above is the hand ofGod, holding a horn full of rays. My friend Mr G. F. Hill kindly directs me to adiscussion of the inspiration-type by C. R. Morey East Christian Paintings
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