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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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The Delphic Tripod 205<br />

time be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> heaven, released from the Hmitations of terrestrial life<br />

and free to range <strong>in</strong> thought over land and sea (fig. 144)^ Themis<br />

Fig. 144.<br />

cimiteri dei cristiani primitivi di Rojiia Roma 1858 p. 75 f. pi. 36, 5 a fragmentary<br />

vessel of s. iv a.d., on which we see Apollon <strong>in</strong> a loose transparent chiton stand<strong>in</strong>g<br />

beside his tripod, <strong>in</strong>scribed [viJVAS mvltis annis pie ^ zeses (^ , the whole be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

executed <strong>in</strong> gold foil between two layers of glass). Asklepiades of Myrlea thought<br />

that tripods dedicated to the gods were made round <strong>in</strong> imitation of the universe (Athen.<br />

489 c).<br />

^ A magnificent red-figured hydria, pa<strong>in</strong>ted c. 480 B.C. and now preserved <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Vatican, shows Apollon, with lyre, bow and quiver, uplifted on a great w<strong>in</strong>ged tripod<br />

above the sea, <strong>in</strong> which are four fish and an octopus : the plung<strong>in</strong>g dolph<strong>in</strong>s mark him as<br />

Apollon Delphlnios (Mtis. Etr. Gregor. ii pi. 15 {ibP' pi. 21), T. Panofka <strong>in</strong> the Ann. d.

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