Zeus : a study in ancient religion . (Zeus OS &* iKerrjcriv aix aldoioiaiv07rj;Set, Zeus bs ^elvotaiv ajx aldoi- (3) Suppliants and strangers in generalare supposed to be proteges of thegod (Zeus iKeVtos, l<CTr)(rios, Ik-Toios (?), Zeus Seviosy. VICTIM. (i) The soul {Kr)p) of the murderedman becomes a wrathful spirit(epivvs). His curses {apai\ prayers(Xtrai), and penalties [noivai) allpursue the guilty. (2) Hence arises the whole tribe ofavenging deities (Kjypes-, Eptvi^es-,^Apai, ApdvTid€s\ Airat^, Uoivai, ). (3) With the progress of religion deitiesof this low type are subordinatedt
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . (Zeus OS &* iKerrjcriv aix aldoioiaiv07rj;Set, Zeus bs ^elvotaiv ajx aldoi- (3) Suppliants and strangers in generalare supposed to be proteges of thegod (Zeus iKeVtos, l<CTr)(rios, Ik-Toios (?), Zeus Seviosy. VICTIM. (i) The soul {Kr)p) of the murderedman becomes a wrathful spirit(epivvs). His curses {apai\ prayers(Xtrai), and penalties [noivai) allpursue the guilty. (2) Hence arises the whole tribe ofavenging deities (Kjypes-, Eptvi^es-,^Apai, ApdvTid€s\ Airat^, Uoivai, ). (3) With the progress of religion deitiesof this low type are subordinatedto a high god^, especially to Zeus^(cp. Zeus Tipcopos^). ^ Ufl\»^i^ The protective and the punitive powers of Zeus are fused(Zeus iKeaios, IlaXapvaioSj TrpoarpoTraios). 1 Supra pp. 1096, 1098. ^ Supra p. 1097 n. o. ^ Supra pp. 1093, 1097, 1097 n. o, 1097 n. 2. A marble statue of Zeus S^f los by Papylos, a pupil of Praxiteles, was owned by Pollio (Plin. nai. hist. 36. 34 luppiter hospitalis Papyli {pamphili Gelenius),. Fig. 939- Praxitelis (K. L. von Urlichs cj. Pasitelis) discipuli). At Sparta—the former home of^evTjXaaia—Zeus Eenos was grouped with Athena Sej/ta (Paus. 3. 11. 11 with H. Hitzig[^~^ For notes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, see page 1102.] II02 Appendix M Zeus Meilichios as an angry god readily appeased by. the man-slayer mightconveniently be ranged under this joint-category, his title being interpreted asthe Kindly One. and H. Blumner^^ loc. Wide Lakon. Kulte p. 9 aptly cites Pbilostr. v. ApolL 4. 31p. 149 Kayser wepLaTavres de avrbv 01 AaKedaL/movLOL ^evov re Trapa ra? Ad e-rroiovvTO ).A broken relief in the Terme Museum (fig. 939) shoM^s Zeus Seitos as a traveller sittingwith a rumpled hwidtion over his knees and a knotted stick in his left hand, while heextends his right in welcome to a draped figure before him and offers a seat on his owneagle-decked couch (Matz—Duhn Ant. Bildw. in Rom iii. 146 f. no. 3772, P. Arndt LaGlyptotheqjie Ny-Carlsberg
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