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Zeus Tetrdotos
for Aelius was sometimes spelled Elius^, while Melius on occasion
appears as Haelius^.
(7) Zeus Tetraotos.
Again, Zeus—like other ancient divinities^— is sometimes Janiform.
But here each case has to be investigated separately, and we
must not assume without more ado that the duplication of features
necessarily points to twinhood^
There seems to have been a cult of Zeus Tetrdotos, ' the Four-
eared,' in Phrygian just as there was a cult of ApoUon Tetrdotos in
Lakonike", while Tetrdotos pure and simple occurs at Gela, appa-
rently as the name of an ancient Sicanian deity (?)''.
^ Dessau Inscr. Lat. sel. nos. 2431, 6122, 6122*.
^ Corp. inscr. Lat. vi no. 19138.
^ See e.g. W. H. Roscher's collection of Janiform heads in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii.
49—55-
" Other possibilities with regard to the origin and development of these multiple types
are discussed in Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 282 ff.
^ A. Korte in the Gott. Gel. Anz. 1897 clix. 408 no. 51 Shar-'6jiik{x!aQ stone is broken
at the top and damaged in the last line but one) [(ri)]]i'7K>'at|/ct /ce .r^Kyjots UTrep t\Q)v
idliov 'l€Tpa\d}[Tw /car'] €\vxrjv. Kfirte suggests Terpdwros, but remarks that this
I Ad
necessitates kut' eiixvv, an wnwsMaX formtila.
^ Zenob. l. 54 &KOve tov to. r^ffcrapa wra ix^^'''^^' ^'"'^ twv direiOoOvTuv. xpT/cr/nds yap
f56071 ^EvTL/xw TCfJ KpijTt Kai 'AvTKprjfMii) ry 'Po6i