Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

284 Dios and Dios Njsos
Sosias sees sheep in the ekklest'a, etc.—fancies obviously suggested by the attributes (eagle,
snake, ram) oi Sabdzios himself.
Other reliefs illustrating the cult of Zeus Sabdzios are listed by T. Eisele in Roscher
Lex. Myth. iv. 243 ff. They include : (i) A relief in while marble, drawn by A. Conze at
Schoinoudi in Imbros, but said to have come from Blaudos {Baldt) in the Mysian district
of Abrettene (A. Conze Reise auf den Inseln des Thrakischen Meeres Hannover i860
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p. 98 ff. pi. 17, 7 = my fig. 179, T. Eisele loc. cit. iv. 243 fig. 2). The god, who is beard-
less, sits on a high-backed throne, with a band (?) round his head, a phidle in his right
hand, and a spear or sceptre in his left. Beside him is a tree (palm?), up which his snake
is coiled. Before him an altar, on which a man, followed by a woman, deposits a pinch
of incense. Inscribed : ^iva.vhpo% ' A.d-nvoSib\pou Ad 2aa?/a)i |
^ad^ios is a mason's
evxv"mistake
for Sa(iftos = 2a^£ifio5 (O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. Myth. iv. 229). Height c. o-25"',