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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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2 20 Dionysos and Caldron of Apotheosis<br />

omphalos'^. But loannes Malalas^ {c. 6oo a.d.) and Georgios Syn-<br />

kellos^ {c. 800 A.D.) quote, probably from Kephalion^ (r. 125 A.D.),<br />

the statement of Philochoros^ {c. 275 B.C.) that <strong>in</strong> his day the tomb<br />

of Dionysos was still to be seen at Delphoi beside the golden statue<br />

of Apollon, that it resembled a simple step, and that it was <strong>in</strong>-<br />

scribed<br />

Here lies <strong>in</strong> death Dionysos the son of Semele.<br />

The <strong>in</strong>scription reads like a copy (if not, <strong>in</strong>deed, the orig<strong>in</strong>al) of<br />

that placed upon the tomb of <strong>Zeus</strong>". But there is no reason to<br />

praelio moritur. elicit autem (de his) D<strong>in</strong>archus poeta, non rhetor {Frag. hist. Gr. iv. 391<br />

Miiller), id. ih. ami. Abr. 718 (ii. 44 Schoene) qui autem voluerit, com<strong>in</strong>us est <strong>in</strong>spicere<br />

Dionisii sepulcrum <strong>in</strong> Delphis iuxta aurum ApoU<strong>in</strong>is (sic N. G. E. ad aureum ApoU<strong>in</strong>em Z.<br />

iuxla aureian ApoU<strong>in</strong>em A.), namque repraesentatus est fem<strong>in</strong>ae forma Dionisius, qui<br />

dux erat exercitus, eo quod tnixtae fuer<strong>in</strong>t fem<strong>in</strong>ae <strong>in</strong> copiis, quae sub eo erant : nam<br />

viros et fem<strong>in</strong>as (sic N. aim viris fem<strong>in</strong>as qtioque cett.) ducebat <strong>in</strong> praelium : ut Philo-<br />

chorus <strong>in</strong> secundo (libro) narrat {frag. 23<br />

{.Frag. hist. Gr. i. 388 Miiller)), Kyrill. Al.<br />

c. Julian, i. 11 (Ixxvi. 520 Migne) 8iaKO(TioaT(^ evevriK0(7Tovs aTreXOwv iKel reXivrg,. Kai<br />

iT^dr) TO \ii\pavov tov avTov Aioviaov eKel iv ffopQ- Kal Ta oTrXa 8e avrov avrbs iKei eis rd<br />

iepbv iKpi/xacre, Kadws AeiVapxos (so R. Bentley for Arjfxapxoi) 6 (ro

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