Zeus : a study in ancient religion . Lydia: s. i ) Atos \_ydp kv ToijisiC] \TOV Evfxevovs /cat Earias t[7]S irapebpov au]|roO /cat twv dXXcvv dewv HuTlrjpojv ^ and thededication to Hadrianas Zeus Aapdo-ios 2e/3ao-Tos Evfxevrjs cited supra. The inference is thatEumenes i was divinised after his death as Zeus ^v/nev-ris: cp. the divinisation of Eumenes iiin Michel Recueil dInscr. gr. no. 515, 22 = Dittenberger Orient. Gr. inscr. sel. no. 332, 22Qeov ^acriXeojs Ev/xiuov SwTT^pos {ib. 24 f., 27 f., 45). Coppers of Tralleis struck in early imperial times have sometimes obv. head of Zeus,l
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . Lydia: s. i ) Atos \_ydp kv ToijisiC] \TOV Evfxevovs /cat Earias t[7]S irapebpov au]|roO /cat twv dXXcvv dewv HuTlrjpojv ^ and thededication to Hadrianas Zeus Aapdo-ios 2e/3ao-Tos Evfxevrjs cited supra. The inference is thatEumenes i was divinised after his death as Zeus ^v/nev-ris: cp. the divinisation of Eumenes iiin Michel Recueil dInscr. gr. no. 515, 22 = Dittenberger Orient. Gr. inscr. sel. no. 332, 22Qeov ^acriXeojs Ev/xiuov SwTT^pos {ib. 24 f., 27 f., 45). Coppers of Tralleis struck in early imperial times have sometimes obv. head of Zeus,laureate, to right; rev. A[IO]I AAPASIOYKAI[ZA]PEnN humped bull standing to left{Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Lydia p. 339 no. 87: myfig. 847 is from a cast of this specimen). Laterp. g wefind^^z/. SeYCAA PAC100 bust of Zeus, laureate, to right, within border of dots; AlANflN Dionysos standing to front, naked, with grape-bunch in raised righthand, kdntharos in lowered left, within border of dots {ib. p. 341 no. 100), or obv. Z6 VC. The Mountain-cults of Zeus 961 bust of Zeus, laureate, to right, within border of dots; rev. TPAAAIANHN humpedbull walking to right, within border of dots [ib. p. 342 no. loi f.), or TPAAA IA Nil Nbunch of grapes, within border of dots {ib. p. 342 no. 103). Other imperial coppers re-present Zeus ;jLo<i as a seated figure, who wears a himdtion round his legs, holds Nikeon his outstretched right hand, and rests upon a sceptre with his left {ib. p. 340 no. 93AAPACIOC KAICAPE HN time of Nero—Domitian, p. 345 no. 129 KAICAPEHNAAPACI OC Domitian, cp. p. 354 pi. 37, 7 Gordianus Pius, p. 357 pi. 37, 11Philippus Senior, p. 362 pi. 41, 11 Gordianus Pius), sometimes with an eagle at his feet{ib. p. 350 pi. 37, 2 L. Verus). Other coins of the town illustrate the myth of Zeus : (i) a copper of Antoninus Piushas rev. AlOCrONAI the infant Zeus asleep on a mountain with an eagle hoveringabove him (Overbeck Gr. Knnstmyth. Zeus p. 337 f., Head Hist, num
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