Zeus : a study in ancient religion . phic Theogonies and Cosmogonic Eros 1043 sought to connect ^ov\t] with 30X77—a notion well worth weighing (Boisacq pp. 114, 129). However that may be, the fcavXo? in the hand of the god orof the gods soul is presumably the magicians rod j its precise botanical cha-racter can hardly be determined. The nearest analogue to the Cauloniate sprite occurs on a fragmentary votivepinax of terra cotta found at Rosarno in Calabria and now preserved in theAntiquarium at Munich (A. Michaelis in the An7i. d. hist. 1867 xxxix. 93—104pi. D, A. Furtwangler in Rosch
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . phic Theogonies and Cosmogonic Eros 1043 sought to connect ^ov\t] with 30X77—a notion well worth weighing (Boisacq pp. 114, 129). However that may be, the fcavXo? in the hand of the god orof the gods soul is presumably the magicians rod j its precise botanical cha-racter can hardly be determined. The nearest analogue to the Cauloniate sprite occurs on a fragmentary votivepinax of terra cotta found at Rosarno in Calabria and now preserved in theAntiquarium at Munich (A. Michaelis in the An7i. d. hist. 1867 xxxix. 93—104pi. D, A. Furtwangler in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1352 f, Christ—Lauth Fiihrerdurch d. k. Antiquarium in Miinchen 1891 p. 16 cited by O. Waser in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vi. 498 f. Fig. 892 is a fresh drawing made from the castat Cambridge). This relief, which Furtwangler loc. cit. assigned to the periodc. 450—440 , shows Hermes confronting Aphrodite. The type of the goddessis obviously derived from a cult-statue—witness the rose in her hand and the. Fig. 892. thyiniaterion before her. But the chief interest of the design lies in the littlefigure of Eros, who stands on the arm of the goddess and with outstretched handexpresses her feelings towards the god {V\o\it. praec. coniug. i kcli yap ol TraXaioXrfi A(f)po8LT^ Tov Epixrjv avyKadidpvcrav, cos Trjg Trepl rbv yafiov rjdovrjs fxciXiara \6yovd€op,4vr}S, Harpokr. ^idvpia-TTjs Epp,rjs Arjfioa-Oevrjs iv rw Kara Neaipas (39).^v Tis ^AOr]vr](riv Ep/if)y ovt<o KoXovp-cvos eTip-aro 8e A6r]vr](Ti kol ^idvpos ^Apo8iTrjKalEpa)s ^t^vpos = Souid. irLOvpia-Trjs , id. i^idvpLO-Tov Epjxov kolEpcoTOs Koi Acppodtrrjs dnep rrpcoTOS eTTOLijaev, a)S (f)r](TL ZcoTTvpos {^Frag. hist. 533 Miiller), Orjaevs^ eVel ^aidpa &s (paa-iv eyjndvpi^e Qrjael Kara IttttoXutou,8ta/3dXXou(ra avrov. ol de dvBpayTrivoirepov (f)a(Tiv Epfxrjv i^LBvpiarrrjv, Trapa to avOpoa-TTOvs eVei (Tvv€p)(Ofxevovs ra }Ta avvrlBecrdaL^ kol rj/iOvpL^eiv aW
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