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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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Commemorative Columns lOI<br />

Anton<strong>in</strong>us Pius' were def<strong>in</strong>itely dubbed <strong>Zeus</strong> and honoured with<br />

Ne'poi'a<br />

Tpal'avoO 'ApiffTov Se/SatrroC Tep/JLaviKOv AaKtKov tvxv^, ib- ^^-^ cp. Corp. <strong>in</strong>scr.<br />

I<br />

Gr. i no. 1306, -2, ii nos. i8ot, 7, 2178, 3, 2572, 3, 2634, 2, 2707, 2, iii nos. 4843, 2, 4948,<br />

2, Add. 4443 c, 2).<br />

Copper co<strong>in</strong>s of Sel<strong>in</strong>ous (Traianopolis) <strong>in</strong> Kilikia, struck by Septimius Severus and<br />

Severus Alexander, show Trajan as <strong>Zeus</strong> enthroned <strong>in</strong> a tetrastyle temple v\ ith thunder-<br />

bolt and sceptre (Brit. Mtis. Cat. Co<strong>in</strong>s Lycaonia, etc. p. 143 pi. 24, 9 = my fig. 56,<br />

Anson Num. Gr. v. 43 no. 294).<br />

' Many altars, bases, and stHai found at Sparta are <strong>in</strong>scribed Zac t ^^Xivd^pioi kvrwvdvoi<br />

(less often ' kvrwvivoC) "Zwrripi (Inscr. Gr. Arc. Lac. Mess, i nos. 407—444, M. N.Tod and<br />

A. T. B. Wace A Catalogue of the Sparta Museum Oxford 1906 p. 24, CoUitz—Beclitel<br />

Gr. Dial.-Inschr. iii. 2. 37 f. nos. 4492 f.). One dedication shows the slightly extended<br />

formula [ZJavi |<br />

'WKivQi\pio{.<br />

koX 'OXiiyUTTilot 'A^'Taji'etjj'Oi SwT'^lpt (Inscr. Gr. Arc. Lac.<br />

Mess, i no. 445, M. N. Tod and A. J. K. Wace op. cit. p. 45 no. 230, Collitz—Bechtel Gr.<br />

Dial.-Inschr. iii. 2. 38 no. 4494), and another, found at Athens, read Tiovl \<br />

['E]\eu^e][p]fo<br />

' kvTo\vlvoi. 'Z'ji\rr)pi. '0[\Dl/xirtot ? supplevi] (Coi'p. <strong>in</strong>scr. Gr. i no. 350) or 6 [Stj/xos 6<br />

Xa.K(.ho.i.p.Qviuiv T\ (Corp. <strong>in</strong>scr. Att. iii. i no. 527). These archais<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>scriptions were<br />

apparently <strong>in</strong>tended to be hexametrical. They are normally accompanied by the repre-<br />

sentation of a wreath and two palm-branches. A base found at Kyaneai ( Yarvoo) <strong>in</strong> Lykia<br />

is dedicated QiQi ^Ie7d\a)"Apet Ktjx 'E\£vdepa \<br />

' Apxvy^'''i-St 'EiTi

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