Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

26o Dionysos displaced by Apollon
ANTIOX eriN MOPCVNOC river-god Morsynos standing to left vi'V.'n phidle in
right hand and reed in left, Imhoof-Blumer Monn. gr. p. 471 no. 75 obv. 56VC
BOVAAIOC, rev. read as HN nOPCVNOC sic. Head Hist, ntim? p. 608,
cp. Zeus with Boule (?) on a copper of Neapolis on the Harpasos in Karia, struck by
Gordianus iii (Imhoof-Blumer Kleinas. Miiiizen i. 148 no. 5)). The title BouXaZos was
transferred to Roman emperors etc. (Mionnet Descr. de mdd. ant. ii. 594 no. 538, a copper
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of Pergamon in the collection of L. E. Cousinery, obv. C€BACTni KAICAPI
BOYAAin head of Augustus laureate to right, rev. • • A *OYPIOI TYAAN AII-
APXriNTTEP TAAA H . . . large vase on a table ; laser. Gr. ins. iii Suppl. no. 1 393, i ff.
[Aia Boi'JXato!' Vipixa.v(.Khv Kaicapa | -Trar^pja Faiou KaiVa/)os Zf/SaoroO | dafios be-
tween no. 1392, I ff. 'Ecrriai' BovXaiav ''
\rhv
A.ypiinr'iva.v rav \
6 Bafios and no. 1 394, i ff. [Ayro/cpdropa Kjaia]apa |
fiaripa Vatov Kalaapos "Le^aarov |
[I.e^acrToi' Ov€crTr]a(Tia.i'dv \
6
[6
ddfiosi,
where M. Frankel Die Lischriften von Pergamon Berlin 1890 i. 159 would read [T61'
viov Aia BoiiJXaiov Tepfj.avi.Kdy Kaiaapa, \
[tov
crojTTJpa, TraTip]a Faiov Kalaapos ^ej^SacxTov,
6 Sdfws ; Itiscr. Gr. Arc. Lac. Aless. i no. 1352 a limestone base from Abea inscribed
'ASptofoC BoflXaioK. K.T.X. , cp. Corp. inscr. Gr. i no. 1167, lo^Cougny Anth. Pal.
Append, i. 259. 4) from Zeus, to whom it properly belonged (Flout, an seni resp. ger.
i2t 10 Tous 5^ ro\j Boi/Xaiou koX 'Ayopaiov Kai HoXt^ws Aids virripeTas ov iroSQv ^pya Kai
X^i-pQiv dwatToufj.ev dXXa /3oi/X^s Kai irpovoiaz Kai \byov, id. praec. ger. reip. 5 oi>5f Ai6s
Fig. 172.
BouXatoi; /j.6vov ^xpvto", Cornut. theol. 9 p. 9, 16 f. Lang Kai ^ovXalov ...Trpoaayopevovaiu,
Achilles in Arat. phaen. 3 (E. Maass Cominentariorum in Arattim reliquiae Berolini
1898 p. 84, 16 ff.) Xeyerai yap Kai /SoyXatos 7,evs Kai (so Wilamowitz for u)s V.) ^ivios Kai
eratpetos ^tXtos (so Maass for (pLXos V.) (pvTdX/j.Los (so Scaliger for (pvTd\ifj.os V. ) iirtKapinos,
Scholl—Studemund anecd. i. 265 no. 23 ^ovXaiov cp. i6. i. 274 n. 18, 282 n. 14) and of
whom it was a virtual synonym (Lyk. Al. 435 f (Kapaneus) Sv ToyyvXdrTjs elXe BovXaioi
MvXeiJs,
I dyriXdrui
/xdcmyi (Tvvdpavaas Kapa, with Tzetz. ad loc. 6 Zei>s 6 ToyyvXarris, 5i'
01} al yoyyuXai Kai avveacfyiyixivai, X^'jOes Kivovurai., 6 BovXalos, Si' ov Kai to ^ovXeveiV rots
dvdpuiTToi.s iffTLv, 6 Mi'Xei^s, 5i' oi) oi avSpwrroi rds fivXas Kai Toiis oSdvras kivovclv, t5 6
dpToSoTTjs, diro rrjs fivXris, cp. Scholl—Studemund anecd. i. 265 no. 27 yoyyvXdrov, no. 65
fivXius. O. Jessen in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii. 1585 says :
' Vermutlich entspricht
Zeus G. dem Zeus Palamnaios.' H. W. StoU in Roscher Lex. Alyth. ii. 3307 cp. Zeus
Mi/Xe!;s with lupiter Pistor ; L. Bachmann ad loc. cp. lupiter Lapis. Was Zeus Voyyv-
Xdrrjs connected with turnips (70771^X01), as lupiter with onions {Class. Rev. 1903 .xvii.
270)? And was Zeus Mi;Xei5s, like Apollon Mylas or Myldntios (O. Hofer in Roscher
Lex. Myth. ii. 3306), the Mylanteioi Theoi (K. Tiimpel ib. ii. 3305 f.), and Promylaia
(O. Hofer ib. iii. 3iiof.), a protector of mills? TVow liquet. Both titles might be local,
ToyyvXarris from some island *ro77uX7;, Mi/Xeirs from some town akin to MuXatra).
BouXaioj meant 'God of the Councir and at most connoted the power of giving counsel
(cp. Theokr. 16. 70 Aios /xe7a ^ovXevovros) ; it is not directly connected with the quasi-
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