Zeus : a study in ancient religion . oni in the Bull. d. Inst. 1840 p. 70 f.)-They exhibit a large altar, sometimes of two stages and flaming. Beside it are two treeswith twisted trunks. Above it on some specimens there hovers an eagle, or the sun-godin his quadriga, or both. Occasionally a bull is shown lying dead on the upper stage{supra i. 602 n. 2. I illustrate four examples. Fig. 858 = Waddington—Babelon—ReinachMomi. gr. d^As. Mm. i. 38 no. 78 pi. 5, 26 (Paris) Caracalla 206 (une victime quiparait etre un chien!). Fig. 8^g = eid. Id. i. 38 no. 79 pi. 6, i (Paris) Caracalla 206
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . oni in the Bull. d. Inst. 1840 p. 70 f.)-They exhibit a large altar, sometimes of two stages and flaming. Beside it are two treeswith twisted trunks. Above it on some specimens there hovers an eagle, or the sun-godin his quadriga, or both. Occasionally a bull is shown lying dead on the upper stage{supra i. 602 n. 2. I illustrate four examples. Fig. 858 = Waddington—Babelon—ReinachMomi. gr. d^As. Mm. i. 38 no. 78 pi. 5, 26 (Paris) Caracalla 206 (une victime quiparait etre un chien!). Fig. 8^g = eid. Id. i. 38 no. 79 pi. 6, i (Paris) Caracalla 206 S6o = eid. id. i. 40 no. 96 pi. 6, 7 (A. Lobbecke) Geta 206 (un taureau mort).Fig. 861 is from a specimen, in my collection, struck by Severus Alexander in 232 ). F. Cumont—E. Cumont Voyage dexploration archeologique dans le Pont et la PetiteArmenie {Stadia Pontica ii) Bruxelles 1906 pp. 136—184 devote a chapter to Amaseia,including a valuable discussion (pp. 145 f., 172 ff.) of Zeus Sr/odrtos and his cult. Their.
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