Zeus : a study in ancient religion . {, ??? ;;.;i;!liilM;!|!i.;jii|lii!i!^^^!;!;!^ ??, Fig. 970. recumbent on a couch, with a cormi copiae in his left hand, in his right,and a table bearing flat and pointed cakes {pyrainides made of wheat andhoney^) at his side. On the foot of the couch sits a goddess holding in bothhands a fillet or perhaps rather a garland for the neck {hypothymis^)^ the carving ^ Supra p. 1129. ^ On communion with the dead by means of food see Frazer Golden Bough ^:Spirits of Corn and Wild ii. 154. Infra p. 1170 ff. ^ An important consideration during a repast
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . {, ??? ;;.;i;!liilM;!|!i.;jii|lii!i!^^^!;!;!^ ??, Fig. 970. recumbent on a couch, with a cormi copiae in his left hand, in his right,and a table bearing flat and pointed cakes {pyrainides made of wheat andhoney^) at his side. On the foot of the couch sits a goddess holding in bothhands a fillet or perhaps rather a garland for the neck {hypothymis^)^ the carving ^ Supra p. 1129. ^ On communion with the dead by means of food see Frazer Golden Bough ^:Spirits of Corn and Wild ii. 154. Infra p. 1170 ff. ^ An important consideration during a repast, when the mouth must be opened andbad spirits as well as good food might gain a ready entrance. In the Joiirn. Hell. xxii. 22 ff. I have argued that the common kdttabos-^^ was originally a feastersgong intended to keep evil at a distance. ^ Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek: Billedtavler til Kaialoget over Antike KimstvaerkerKi^benhavn 1908 no. 95, A. Furtwangler Sogenanntes Todtenmahl -Relief mitInschrift in the Sitz
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