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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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198<br />

The Delphic Tripod<br />

'The tripod to be fixed on the impost, after bor<strong>in</strong>g holes for its'feet and runn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the same with lead ;<br />

also a small column of Pentelic marble to be^fixed beneath<br />

Fig. 139.<br />

the tripod, with a Doric capital to it, after cutt<strong>in</strong>g it straight below and work<strong>in</strong>g<br />

it smooth; and the capital to be pa<strong>in</strong>ted <strong>in</strong> encaustic'.'<br />

As to Delphic usage, we may with some show of rea.son argue from<br />

the Plataean trophy to the Pythian tripod. If the former was<br />

columnar, it is natural to suppose that the latter was too ; for votive<br />

1 M. Holleaux <strong>in</strong> the Ath. I\Iiith. 1906 xxxi. 134— 144 with fig. i: l<strong>in</strong>e i6ff. eTrt 5^<br />

TO /c|aTaXr/7rr^pos rhv Tpiiroda Kadap/uLoaai, ivrer] pdvavra tois wocri Kai irepi/j.oXvjidoxofjo'ai,<br />

K\ai Kibviov V(pap/j.&

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