Zeus : a study in ancient religion . 1 KTH ZI OY with pi, A. J. B. Wace—M. S. Thompson op. cit. p. 222). At Tiryns beneaththe walls of the older Mycenaean palace five small stone-built graves withcrouched bodies have come to light (W. Dorpfeld in the Ath. Mitth. i()07 xxxiip. iii, R. M. Dawkins in The YearnsWork in Class. Stud. 1907 p. 14).In Thessaly graves have been re-peatedly found within houses of thebronze age (Ch. Tsountas At irpdi-(TTopLKOt aKpoTToXeis Aifxrjviov koLSfV/cXov Athens 1908 p. 131 ot v€k-poi iOaiTTQVTo euros toov olklmv tjTrap avrds, ib. p. 383 to € va OaTTTcoac
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . 1 KTH ZI OY with pi, A. J. B. Wace—M. S. Thompson op. cit. p. 222). At Tiryns beneaththe walls of the older Mycenaean palace five small stone-built graves withcrouched bodies have come to light (W. Dorpfeld in the Ath. Mitth. i()07 xxxiip. iii, R. M. Dawkins in The YearnsWork in Class. Stud. 1907 p. 14).In Thessaly graves have been re-peatedly found within houses of thebronze age (Ch. Tsountas At irpdi-(TTopLKOt aKpoTToXeis Aifxrjviov koLSfV/cXov Athens 1908 p. 131 ot v€k-poi iOaiTTQVTo euros toov olklmv tjTrap avrds, ib. p. 383 to € va OaTTTcoac TOVS V€KpOVS ivTOS TCOV OL- KLcov)), was viewed as Zeus ; for inprehistoric times he had been therepresentative of the sky-god to hisclan. Herein, I take it, lies theultimate explanation of such cultsas that of Zeus Ayafxep-vtov^ whowas worshipped at Sparta, if notat Athens (Append. I), Zeus A/x-(f)Lapao9, who had a popular sanc-tuary at Oropos (Append. J), ZeusTpecpMVLos or Tpocfxovios, the greatoracular deity of Lebadeia (Ap-pend. K), and
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